Eagle PaulPAUL EAGLE (Labour—Rongotai): Fa'afetai lava talofa and thank you Madam Speaker. Can I just acknowledge the previous speaker Brooke van Velden—I know that anything that cuts red tape and fastens things up will get the support of the ACT Party so that is positive.Also just thinking of Samoa Language Week I wanted to acknowledge Dame Luamanuvao Winnie Laban a former member but also somebody who is leading a piece of construction in terms of a Fale Malae here in Wellington City. Thankfully our sometimes functioning council approved a site and were able to accommodate such an outstanding facility of Pasefika architecture on the Wellington waterfront.But I know that in talking to Dame Winnie she often has fond memories and reflects back on the work that she did here in her role as the Minister of Pacific Island Affairs but also in the conversation that I had she not only advocates for her fale constantly but was also complimentary Madam Speaker about the construction accord that when you were a Minister you implemented. I reflect on that because those of us who were on the Transport and Infrastructure Committee this morning heard from our current Minister for Building and Construction and we reflected on how much of a success that has been and I credit that to your vision and bold work Madam Speaker.That sets the scene I guess for what this bill is all about because that has brought together industry leaders from across the broad sector that is building and construction. And what that does is underpins some of the issues that need to come together to ensure that legislation like this can be effectively implemented. What I mean by that is getting a commitment from our industry a better integrated commitment from Government and agencies but also going back to what Dame Winnie talked about and that was the fact that many Pasefika young people now have something to aspire to. That is the background to making sure that we can get more of our young people into this sector.This is important because what this bill does is certainly help address those challenges at a really practical level. So we've really underpinned this by the accord and we know that is driven by this huge need to build more houses and a whole range of infrastructure. In our upgrade programme you'll see we are making commitments just this week. I know that my good friend in Ōtaki—or Wellington North as I like to call it!—is pleased to hear that the motorway from Ō2NL as the acronym is has been approved. That is a sign that this Government is committed to delivering on an infrastructure programme that connects in also here at the big picture.I'm really happy to see this go through because I know that those in the sector have many ideas that they would like to bring to the attention of Government. One of the aspects I really enjoy is that modular component manufacture scheme. It is a voluntary certification scheme as we've heard but only this week the member for Hutt South Ginny Andersen and I had talked to someone who we are bringing back in to introduce to the wider caucus around a modular housing product. He is one of many who are bringing these types of technologies to Aotearoa New Zealand. Look we've had some in the sector for many many years—and I reflect back on builders like Lockwood Homes and Fraemohs Industries who have been doing kitset housing or modular housing in some way for many many years. But what this does is it brings into effect a voluntary scheme that gives confidence to those wanting to build this type of housing in New Zealand.The key point here is that the different components comply. I think you know we've seen far too many incidents in this sector where if we get it wrong—and I think weathertightness is catastrophic in many ways—it impacts Kiwis in ways that we'd never thought. So actually having something that is voluntarily put in place by those in the sector I think deserves real credit. They will work with the Government agency responsible which is the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and that programme will no doubt roll out.The other thing that I think deserves a big tick is that product certification scheme. And MBIE again will have the power to do some auditing of those bodies and that means revoking registrations where appropriate and then issuing certificates annually. This is all just part of as I said getting that confidence into the sector so that people actually look at some of these things. And there have been real questions around some of the imported product—I'm not going to go into that today but what it does do is it goes back to giving that reassurance.So unfortunately with these things comes compliance. I know the ACT Party will be very keen to ensure less red tape but the bill does propose the creation of an offence. So if anyone misrepresents themselves—and we know that submitters came in they talked about this they wanted to see some action to say this is unacceptable but unless there is some deterrent in place that is enforced by a Government entity we therefore know that there is no impact. The other work is around that—and I will talk about offences but it does propose the introduction of new offences to support compliance. Again that has been raised by those who came in and submitted—it is well known. There is a range of penalties there that reflect the seriousness of the offences.The fourth bit that I just wanted to finish off on is the widening of the scope and the collection of and use of the building levy. Just within the building levy that provides funding for the performance by MBIE's CEO of functions under the Act. That will enable MBIE to monitor oversee and improve the performance of the building sector and relevant systems operating under the building sector legislation. These are some of the biggest changes to the Building Act since it was introduced in 2004. This does reflect I think some of the changes that have come into the market place. We know that the sector is supportive. I started this speech talking about what underpins this through the construction accord. That is an integrated approach to making sure that all aspects of building and construction in Aotearoa New Zealand are cohesive and are delivering to a house-building market that needs to ensure that everything put in place everything built any home built and any piece of infrastructure built has the componentry or parts of so that people have a sense of reassurance. That is the key word that I have used throughout the speech because I believe and when I look back at the submissions that is something that people were seeking: how are we reassured that these components—in terms of for example the modular building—meet the integrity and standards that they say that they do? So those offences that are there now or that will come in through this bill will be put in place to give that reassurance and confidence for those in the sector and obviously those homeowners and those involved in building. It has been a real pleasure to talk about this and I commend this bill to the House. Thank you Madam Speaker.