Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): Thank you Mr Speaker. So we really need a strong efficient quality building and construction sector in Aotearoa right now. We certainly need to be building good quality healthy homes for people as well as supporting our local New Zealand - based trade training and our materials and make sure that we've got a fit for purpose framework given the huge massive building work that we're going to have to do as a nation. And so this the Building (Building Products and Methods Modular Components and Other Matters) Amendment Bill is part of the huge work—and I too join with my colleagues in congratulating ka pai the Hon Jenny Salesa in going out there and getting the thoughts and the wisdom and the insights of the industry of people who this legislation is really relevant to and getting a clear mandate clear support for tightening up the frameworks around our building products and methods and components.So my understanding is that this is going to explicitly regulate building products and methods. And the problem we had was that we went through a bit of a boom and I actually believe it was National who was in power through this massive construction boom and left so many gaps. So we had a shortage of building materials; we didn't plan for that. There was a shortage and that shortage actually invited and allowed a vacuum for an influx—a flood—of shoddy materials basically and particularly from other countries. There was non-compliant steel dumping and investigations into non-compliant steel dumping and actually what that did is it ended up causing problems where some of those—I think cowboys" is what other people have been using—less compliant players in the sector would go ahead and use these non-compliant materials build whole things put on a whole roof and then an investigation and councils would find out that this was not compliant. It did not match up to our codes. And then they would have to go back. There would be infringements and a whole waste of time and work and a whole lot of stress and worry for the people who were waiting for these buildings to be made. So we're trying to fix up that very problem that has been happening in the sector for quite some time.We actually had—well it is still happening—but when that was happening at that construction boom period we actually had the plumbers the electricians the gasfitters the glass installers the window installers and also both the importers bringing stuff in and the local producers all saying how much of a massive worry and frustration this is for our sector for our country for the people who need us to be building and for the employment and trade and training of the sector as well. I was looking around for the Hon Jenny Salesa. She's not here I believe but I don't think we can underplay exactly how much incredible work this is that she has done—that she is working not just with the sector but with a range of players and pulling this together. So it's going to fix that gap in our framework building regulation this bill. We're going to have a bit more consistency because up till here we have got individual councils that are left with trying to make this framework work. And so you've got different rules around the country variable standards and duplication which many have spoken about.We're also in this bill wanting to set up a framework for certification in modular building and in my travels in the building sector and housing provision sector gosh I am excited about where we could actually get to in terms of off-site manufacturing construction. I believe we're way down in terms of an overall percentage of how we build including housing. I think we're way down some years ago—gosh grabbing out of the air but somewhere down near 10 percent. But we should be getting up above 80 up above 90 in the longer term for off-site manufacturing. And off-site manufacturing—so this bill is going to look at the certification where we can allow for the off-site inspection but also continue with the on-site inspection of OSC and also off-site manufacturing and construction. But also that is about the potential for having that trade and training and employment in our regions and rural areas. I've spoken to many groups who are really keen to set up that follow-through programme right from the get go. Up in Kaikohe up in Hokianga where I come from the potential for—we've got so many incredibly skilled builders construction workers architects including people from Māori and Pacific communities who want to run and drive those projects in our regions to be able to provide some trade training some local-based trades training and employment and get the off-site manufacturing done in those areas that sorely need it. And this bill is wanting to provide that certification and further framework to help us get to that goal and to help these companies with their accreditation that needs to happen.And the third change is about the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) requiring information about building products and methods and allowing MBIE to be able to drive their regulatory functions more effectively. And I've talked already about—I mean it was even like for little things such as your little taps in terms of construction materials right through to whole roofing construction materials. So shoddy materials all the way through and so allowing MBIE to carry out those functions more effectively.I'm particularly interested in and hearing at the select committee stage about one of the final changes which is reducing the building levy because it is said that this is currently generating more revenue than needed to fulfil the functions that it was set out and set up to fund in the first place. So I'm looking forward to further scrutiny on this through the select committee stage. But it is good that the Hon Jenny Salesa went to so much work and trouble to get the support to get the broad support for this but we can always hear and tweak things even further. And I think that's exactly how we should be setting up this regulation. So this has our support. Thank you Mr Speaker."