Yule LawrenceLAWRENCE YULE (National—Tukituki): OK I am new to—Hon Iain Lees-Galloway: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. In my experience where members have sought to take a closure motion and that closure motion has not been accepted they have been able to take further calls in the debate.Hon Members: No.Hon Iain Lees-Galloway: Well I have seen that occur on several occasions.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): I'll make the ruling. I'll decide who is speaking next and I have called Lawrence Yule.LAWRENCE YULE: It gives me—Hon Iain Lees-Galloway: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I draw your attention to Speakers' ruling 77/4 which states that in procedural motions for an instruction to the committee of the whole House [this] is a narrow debate." and "The only matter under debate is whether the committee should have the power to examine and adopt [the] Supplementary Order Paper;"—or in this case to refer it to a select committee—and "members cannot debate the content of the amendments; they are tabled for members to look at." I would submit that this debate has been wide ranging in its nature and has ventured outside of the bounds of that Speakers' ruling.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Yes thank you very much. It's my call. [Interruption] No. I don't need any more help thank you. I've already stated that three times now and we're going to hear from Lawrence Yule.LAWRENCE YULE: I wasn't intending to speak to this but I feel I have to—I feel I have to.Hon Member: You don't have to.LAWRENCE YULE: No no. Because what we're seeing today is a further example of a lack of transparency a lack of openness and a lack of accountability. I actually want to support the Hon Amy Adams for a very fair suggestion and direction. I haven't heard what her direction was before but I know what it is now and it seems very fair.Actually I'm a reasonable man and I actually think the Hon Stuart Nash is a reasonable man. We represent a great area together. However what's being done here is completely unreasonable. There is a bill that has been through a whole process and is coming towards the end of it and suddenly we're clipping something on like a bridge. We're adding it on at the last minute without any public scrutiny debate or even consideration. And when this Prime Minister the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern and the Hon Clare Curran talk about being an open Government transparent and clear with the people here is an example where you could simply take one more month—that's all that's being suggested—to go to the Finance and Expenditure Committee to have this thrashed out.I sit on the Finance and Expenditure Committee and we're currently going through another piece of legislation the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill. There are members on the opposition benches who actually happen to be in Government—opposite to me I should say—who have actually found the intricacies of what happens when you rush things really quickly. So in that piece of legislation there was a short submission time; it was then extended.The point I'm raising is that if you rush things you get unintended consequences and massive challenges. So I think this is actually a deliberate backdoor move to try and get something through that Labour has promised. If you actually look—one piece of information I have here is that in 2015 to 2016 4700 properties were transacted; only 6 percent of them appear to be taxable under the existing two-year brightline test—6 percent! So here we are saying that actually let's extend that out to five years.The previous speaker behind me the honourable Mr Paul Bayly—sorry not honourable yet—Mr Paul Bayly—Andrew Bayly: Andrew.LAWRENCE YULE: Andrew—Andrew. "Mr Paul Bayly" has said to us that of all the people that would want to be influenced by this—real estate agents lawyers property developers mum and dad investors because this actually is significant these changes. Even in the Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) 13 itself in the explanatory note it goes on to say "These rules generally require a conveyancer to withhold tax [for] the proceeds of the sale of residential land by an offshore person" when it's disposed of. Now actually that's what it says in the explanatory note but it actually covers every property transaction in New Zealand which is another example of why this legislation hasn't been thought through.I'm new to this but I believe in democracy. The Hon Amy Adams has simply asked for one month for the select committee. That is the direction. That's what's being asked for. I'm fair and reasonable and I ask the other side of the House to be fair and reasonable as well. I guarantee if this goes to the select committee this SOP will be changed to reflect some things that would actually make the legislation better. I think it's an indictment on this House that we would try and pin something on the edge of a significant piece of well-thought-out legislation at the last minute and try and sneak it through. I strongly support the direction that the honourable member is seeking."