O'Connor GregANNA LORCK (Labour—Tukituki): Thank you Mr Speaker. I would also like to acknowledge Damien Smith for having his member's bill drawn. I find it difficult though to fathom how as a country we don't see a reason to put foreign investment into land through the investment office. Part of this conversation seems to be that we are not open for business or open for foreign investment. As someone who comes from the region of Hawke's Bay where we have seen jobs grown and foreign investment into business activity that meets the special-benefit test for New Zealand I see a positive environment and messages out to the world that where there is a strength and opportunity to grow jobs to see the best of our primary sector doing well through foreign investment we embrace it and we have done so and history shows that. But I find is absolutely ironic to hear from the National Party that they seem to think that it's OK to have foreign investors come in and buy up our rolling hill country land with no sniff test—and it is a sniff test—no sniff test. When I look at the amazing information that we're able to get we get the information coming through the Overseas Investment Act and through that we can have a look at the investments we can see whether this will benefit our country we can see how much it is important to work in those areas. But no the National Party seems to think back in the time when they sold off thousands of hectares of beautiful rolling hill country to foreign investors.But we can also see through the Labour Party that this Government—this Government—embraces foreign investment where it matters for New Zealand. That's how we grow our economy. We've made sure through calls from farmers actually to tighten up the investment around making sure we plant the right tree in the right place for the right reason. Actually when I sat on that committee when we talked through that on the Finance and Expenditure Committee we heard many reasons around why it's important to have these extra tests. New Zealanders do not want our land sold off without there being scrutiny. Scrutiny is what we do as a Government; it's our responsibility to do so. That's why we can't support this bill. That's why I don't see there being any reason to change what we are doing now where we are making sure that we do look at it and we make sure that those have a special interest a benefit to New Zealand. We'll make sure that we grow the right jobs we work with foreign investment we attract business and we show that we are open for business. That's why we can't support this member's bill but in doing so as we go forward today in speaking about this somebody else's member's bill through a voting process as we go through this first reading may get the opportunity to be pulled out at the end. But as we go through—and I think we're about to agree on this side—we cannot support this. We cannot support New Zealand's land being sold off without scrutiny. That's the job of the Overseas Investment Office. They've got a job; they need to be given it. New Zealanders respect the fact that land needs to go through this scrutiny. Thank you Mr Speaker. I cannot support this bill.DEPUTY SPEAKER: The time has come for me to leave the Chair. The House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. today.The House adjourned at 12.59 p.m. (Thursday)