Nimon KatieKATIE NIMON (National—Napier): I rise in support of the Resource Management (Extended Duration of Coastal Permits for Marine Farms) Amendment Bill. It's a pleasure to speak on this bill in the second reading. As with my colleague from the Environment Committee Scott Simpson I also acknowledge that this is a bill that's been in front of the Primary Production Committee so it's a great privilege to be able to speak on it being from the Environment Committee. And having had experience in the last couple of bills that we've had through the Environment Committee that add some context to this bill to talk about the fact that obviously this is an extension to existing marine farm permits or consents and really the rationale behind that is to be rebuilding our economy as fast as we can. And to acknowledge that aquaculture is a burgeoning if not already really strong sector for our primary sector as well.So it is really important for us and we heard in the Environment Committee how burdensome the reconsenting process is. These organisations and specifically in context of this aquaculture sector have gone through the process of consenting. They have established management practices in place and they have to then go through that process again to continue operating in the way that they already are. We have heard from many—and not just in this sector but in all primary production sectors whether it's on land—how long this process takes and how disruptive it is and how truly costly it is to the output and in this case in export as well. So we want to do whatever it takes to make sure that this sector is able to operate well bring money back into our economy to grow our economy back to where it was and beyond so that we aren't continuing to burden ratepayers so much so that they have an inability to be able to fund the exciting activities that they might do in their own areas.I just want to also make mention of the fact that this is not just occupying but maintaining and managing. We heard this at length during the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill that some of these operators do more for that space that they occupy than would be if it was left by itself and that is a really important thing to consider. This is productivity. This is as my colleague Hamish Campbell mentioned about the ability for businesses and organisations to invest. You don't invest in innovation if you don't have certainty of tenure. These organisations have made a huge investment in what they're already doing and a lot of them need to invest in updating and improving their equipment their plant and the sites that they already have maintained and are managing.So look as has been made quite clear through the last many speakers today that this is about the section 87(c) and consents that relate to the replacement of permits under section 165ZH. It is a very tight amendment to this bill and it is a really important one for us to have certainty going forward in the recovery and rebuilding of our economy. This is a sector that we support as a Government. It shows a lot of promise. It does a lot for our reputation internationally. As I said with our experience hearing in the Environment Committee in the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill they do a great deal to maintain and improve and protect the environments that they occupy as well. So with that I support this bill and I commend it to the House.