Logie JanJAN LOGIE (Green): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. The Green Party is pleased to support this piece of legislation the State Sector and Crown Entities Reform Bill and we've covered this ground quite a bit over the last few days so I'm not going to have the longest speech in the world.One of the points that is critical to this legislation which we are very supportive of is the requirement for boards when they are setting the terms and conditions of chief executives' (CEs') salaries and conditions of employment—that needs to be signed off in effect by the State Services Commission. We're really supportive of this as a signal that it sends to the country around the importance of equality and addressing the unsustainable levels of inequality in our country at the moment.Contrary to the views of the previous speaker Jacqui Dean for the Green Party we don't necessarily see pay as an indication that the person who is paid the most is the best. I think the global financial crisis actually was pretty unequivocal in proving that the highest salaries are not necessarily for the most ethical or effective people; that actually there is an importance in centring values in our State sector and that there are really really great people doing fantastic work with a huge number of skills who choose to do work that is less well paid because they care about the work. It's not as if we are talking about people paying people the minimum wage here—ha ha! These are quite decent salaries up at this scale. We're just talking about mediating it a bit to make sure that it's not out of control and there's nothing I see in that that's going to prevent the best people wanting to come and work in our Crown entities.Another aspect of this is putting in a five-year term for those CEs and that is to ensure a balance of power between the boards and the CEs. If you've got a CE who's been there for ever knows the organisation inside and out knows all of the technical details and you've got a new board who's come in with a fresh direction there's quite an ability for that CE to be able to undermine the shift of direction of the board if they're invested in a status quo. So putting a five-year time limit on their appointment helps even that up and ensures that the board and CEs are working in partnership on an even playing field. We're supportive of that for our Crown entities.We are also supportive of building more consistency across the inquiries legislation and the strengthening in there around inquiry capacities within the State sector. It is really important that we meet international best practice and that we reconnect the system around a unifying spirit of service across our State sector. With that are also the codes that will be put in place around codes of conduct. We think that that is appropriate. Really it is about getting that ethos right throughout our Public Service Crown entities and core State sector alike of values of service and responsibility and it's hard to see how anyone could oppose that. Indeed it's good to see—despite some of the speeches where people might think there might actually be people voting against this; that actually there's not. It's quite sensible. It's not earth-shattering but it is a subtle shift in direction to take us to a more equal and joined-up approach as a country. So on that note I again offer the Green Party's support.