Bishop ChrisCHRIS BISHOP (National): Thank you very much Mr Speaker. I was just wondering whether or not the Minister was going to get to 5 to 12 in which case I'd have to come back tomorrow. But I'm pleased I get to finish my contribution on this debate at 10 minutes to midnight—such is the life of a parliamentarian. We support this legislation as we've indicated right the way through because it's a pragmatic response but—Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan: That's right. CHRIS BISHOP: That's right." she says straight up. But of course we have noted as indeed others in the House on this side have noted throughout the debate tonight that this is really about giving Kāinga Ora (KO) a leave pass. It's not really about the private sector because largely they have been compliant or are in the process of complying and KO is some way behind—and I acknowledge what the Minister says about how there are thousands of homes in the process. But the simple reality is there's a disparity between the State landlord and the private sector. So this is about bailing out—well not bailing it out but about giving them a leave pass. Now in relation to some comments I made earlier through the committee stage of the debate I raised the issue of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MHUD) website having the law as being changed before the law had actually been changed and we are somewhat closer to that change than we were when I raised it. The MHUD website has been updated so that's great. I'm sure that the officials are listening—well they probably aren't to be fair and I don't blame them to be honest. Hon Dr Megan Woods: They were during the committee stage. CHRIS BISHOP: Yeah I know but they're not any more is my point. Hon Dr Megan Woods: No they wouldn't be. CHRIS BISHOP: Yeah yeah—well I'm sure they're listening now. They were here before. They're not here any more. So they'll probably listen tomorrow. But I wanted to say thank you to them for fixing the website. I'm sure the IT guy at the MHUD website did not really appreciate a call from someone on a Wednesday night at 9 o'clock or whatever time it was. But that's good. These things do make a difference and they are—well these things are important anyway. I don't have much more to add. Everything I wanted to say about this bill I have said in the first and second readings. I accept what the Minister said in response to my question in the committee stage around the amendment to the regulations. It's not ideal although I have some sympathy for the argument that it's just cleaner to do everything all at the same time through primary legislation. From a purist point of view it is better to change regulations via regulation rather than coming over the top with the primary legislation. The Government can through Order in Council pass a regulation to amend the dates but there's some merit in the simplicity of just having it all in the one spot and saying "Righty-o here are all the changes." Fair enough. As Chris Hipkins rather rudely I have to say pointed out in my question parliaments can do that obviously and various Governments have in the past including ours although we should always try and avoid it. So with that I will commend the bill to the House and hope for better days in the future."