Luxton JoHon JO LUXTON (Labour): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. I'm really pleased to take a call in this debate as a member of the very hard-working Primary Production Committee. It's a fantastic committee with fantastic members on this committee.I do want to share with my other colleagues and agree with the time frame that was suggested by Mr Bennett. And I do this genuinely. I understand that the Minister said he wants to give certainty to people and that there are consents that are due to expire at the end of the year but I just wanted to make the Minister aware that the committee is already meeting during this period of time for hearing submissions on the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. I do imagine there is going to be a large amount of people that want to submit on that just as—Hon Chris Bishop: I doubt it.Hon JO LUXTON: Oh I think you'd be wrong there Mr Bishop—we will see. But I do think that there'll be also a large number of people that will be particularly interested in wanting to submit to this piece of legislation. So I genuinely—I genuinely—do agree with Mr Bennett about extending the time frame out simply because—Miles Anderson: We can do it Jo.Hon JO LUXTON: —the committee is already meeting during that time hearing submitters on another bill.And Mr Anderson says Come on Jo we can do it." Well actually it's hard enough to get the members from that side of the House to decide what days they can fit into select committee in their diaries so that's been a challenge in itself. It's a fact—it an actual fact. And Catherine Wedd is someone who does have a bit of difficulty deciding what days in her calendar she can come along when we're meeting outside of regular sitting weeks.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): Can we stick to the motion before us please.Hon JO LUXTON: Thank you Madam Speaker. I will definitely.So one of the things that has come up within the regulatory impact statement is very concerning around the officials having limited information about the extent of data and evidence on the impact of what this piece of legislation is likely to do. They are unaware of what the actual problem in itself is and they're concerned about the pace of reform because it's limited the identification of options the level of analysis the collation and review of evidence and engagement with Iwi Māori and stakeholders. And I think that that's really concerning if we've got officials saying that they are concerned about the speed and the pace of this reform. If they're concerned about it then I imagine that the public out there are very concerned about it as well. And I do think that it is only fair and it is only right that we give enough due consideration and time to those out there that are interested in submitting and on this piece of legislation that we do genuinely give them the benefit of time to hear from them and hear their concerns and actually to consult out there more broadly.So again I do want to reiterate I am genuine in my thoughts around extending the time frame for this. I do believe that if we were to extend it out to the date that has been suggested by Mr Bennett that we could still give the sector certainty quite easily by having a report back of 18 September."