SpeechANGIE WARREN-CLARK (Labour): Thank you Madam Speaker. It is a pleasure to rise and speak on the Prohibition on Seabed Mining Legislation Amendment Bill. Before I commence on that part of my speech I'd just like to offer my condolences to the young man who has lost his life in Whangārei and to the entire community of Whangārei. It's a tragedy that we've had this happen.I want to mihi and acknowledge Whaea Debbie Ngarewa-Packer for bringing this piece of legislation to the House. I know how important this piece of legislation is to you and to the wider community. It's important to me too. I want to acknowledge as well that even though we are not supporting this piece of legislation as the Hon Phil Twyford said this is really important and we need to work on a way forward.This bill would override existing mineral permits and consents. It would do it immediately it would do it retrospectively and it would do it without compensation. This bill proposes a nationwide ban on seabed mining within the coastal waters of Aotearoa which is the 12-kilometre zone within the exclusive economic zone—the EEZ—which is 200 kilometres out and to the wider continental shelf. It is no surprise the Labour Party believes in just transitions. We have made undertakings in regards to those who currently hold those permits. However the issue of seabed mining is significant. It is serious and it requires deep and thorough consideration by this House and the community is calling for it and even though we don't support the bill—and it's mainly because it is a member's bill and not the right place—this House needs to address this matter and therefore we need to have the inquiry. We need to hear from every person who wants to make a submission in regards to this matter. We want to hear from all the voices across the motu and the thing with that is that truly then we can bring in the research we can bring in the experts to give us the advice we can have a broad set of terms that we in the select committee get to make. I encourage the member to come to select committee for the drafting of those terms because certainly for me as a fisherwoman and as a woman who considers I am born of the sea and part of the ocean and it is part of what we do it is so important that our terms of reference are appropriate for this inquiry that they are broad-reaching that they have a depth that thinks about not only us here in Aotearoa but also our Pacific neighbours and also the very complex science and the difference about the leakage and all of the things that we have heard in this House. So I want to mihi to you for bringing this legislation. For me this is one of the reasons I came to Parliament—to care for our oceans and to take care of what our generations to come need to do. Therefore it is one of the issues that I'm so absolutely delighted that your bill has been pulled from the ballot and that we get to have that debate. Now as I say the inquiry needs to be thorough and it needs to be really clear and there is lots of science that we need to know about. But let us remember it is the Environment Committee that is looking at this so our foremost consideration needs to be the environment. Our foremost consideration needs to be our oceans. It needs to be the outcome for our oceans and we need to look across the world for the research and science that tells us whether this should continue or not. I think I know the answer but I think we need an inquiry to give good recommendations to Government. I cannot commend this bill but I thank you.