Moroney Sue: Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill — In Committee 
Moroney Sue: Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill — In Committee 
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SUE MORONEY (Labour) 
: 
 Thank you very much Mr Chair for the opportunity to speak on clause 1 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill which is the title clause. The title of the Act will be the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Act 2010. The question I want to ask actually relates to the title. I am really keen to hear from the member in charge of the bill David Bennett who is in the chair. I congratulate him. It must be the very pinnacle of his career so far to be sitting in the chair on this occasion as the member in charge of the bill. I would like him to clarify for us why the title has “2010” in it when I am sure we all know that we are here debating the bill in 2011. 
Tim Macindoe 
: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. Unless I am looking at a different bill the bill does not have the year in it at all. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: That is a debating point. You will have a chance to speak and make the correction if need be. 
SUE MORONEY 
: I invite the member opposite to take a call on this issue because the copy of the bill that I have in front of me and that has been tabled—the one we are debating—certainly has “2010” in the title. I think Mr Auchinvole is agreeing with me that the bill has “2010” in its title. Grant Robertson just got a copy off the Table and concurs that the bill has “2010” in the title. This seems curious given that it is 2011. We are in the Committee stage debating the title of the bill but the title indicates that the bill would be passed and enacted in 2010. That cannot possibly be the case as we are debating it in March 2011. I really would like the member in the chair to clarify that point. We want to get it right. 
We are passing this legislation on behalf of the Hamilton City Council and as a Hamilton-based member of Parliament I want to ensure that we get the detail right. Although I am not the member responsible for the bill I take the responsibility upon myself as a Hamilton-based Labour MP to make sure that we get that detail right. It would be very unfortunate if we let the Hamilton City Council down in that way if the title showed the wrong year that the bill was enacted. That of course assumes that it becomes a bill; it has every prospect of becoming a bill— 
David Bennett 
: An Act. 
SUE MORONEY 
: —sorry an Act; thank you. It has every prospect of becoming an Act because the Labour Party is supporting it. But in supporting it we want to make sure that we get the title right. I want to hear the member in the chair explain why “2010” is in the title. Maybe there is a very good explanation— 
Chris Auchinvole 
: A drafting error. 
SUE MORONEY 
: Perhaps it is. If it is as Mr Auchinvole thinks it may be then the Committee of the whole House is exactly where it ought to be picked up. 
I recognise that it does not appear that any Hamilton MP sat through any of the select committee process. 
Chris Auchinvole 
: You could have come along at any time. 
SUE MORONEY 
: I wonder whether due respect and regard was given to this very important bill from Hamilton to make sure that we got right not only the content but also the detail. Mr Auchinvole has kindly said that I could have come along at any time; I would have welcomed the opportunity. 
I really would have thought that the member in charge of the bill would be watching this bill very carefully indeed as it went through the Local Government and Environment Committee. If Mr Auchinvole is correct and this is a drafting error I would have thought that the select committee was the right place to pick up that error. However the Committee stage is also a good opportunity for that matter to be rectified if Mr Auchinvole is correct and it is a drafting error. I would like some clarification on the year that is named in the title. 
Irrespective of the title I also suggest that another— 
Chris Auchinvole 
: It will be 2012 if you keep going. 
SUE MORONEY 
: The member is quite right: it could be 2012. Perhaps that is a challenge to members on this side of the Chamber and we may well rise to it. I point out that the very reason why we have the Committee stage is to make sure that we get these things right.