Smith Stuart; Salesa JennySTUART SMITH (National—Kaikōura): Thank you Madam Speaker. I would actually like just to take the previous speaker Greg O'Connor to task. There was a bit of a gratuitous flick or two at the Hon Judith Collins—quite uncalled for—and I thought it was a bit rich to say he would be implying that reading the Hansard would be quite dull. Well we had to just suffer 10 minutes of dullness so I think it was a bit rich.I would like to say that actually in 2018 I remember the Hon Judith Collins bringing this bill to caucus. So this bill's been around quite some time and it's great congratulations to the member Nicola Willis for bringing this right through at this point and the Hon Nikki Kaye who's been involved with it. This is a really technical bill. It is very unusual for a bill of this technicality and how dense it is to be a member's bill. And I know from my own experience with the Friendly Societies and Credit Unions (Regulatory Improvements) Amendment Bill or Act in my name which was quite technical as well how difficult that can be when you don't have the resources at your disposal that a Minister would have. So it actually speaks a lot to the capability of the member in charge of the bill that she managed to get it through in the form that it has; although albeit that we've had member after member standing up and taking credit for improving the bill on the way through. But I can assure you Madam Speaker and the House that the quality of this bill has a lot to be thankful for from the member Nicola Willis who has steered this admirably through this stage.I have been on the Finance and Expenditure Committee for part of this bill's life—not all of it by the way—and I can say sitting through some of those hearings was really interesting but boy you had to pay attention. It was very technical in nature and particularly if it was a part—coming in fresh it took a bit to catch up on. And as someone who's got involvement with some body corporates I know how important it is. It is usually that a home or an apartment is the biggest investment that people actually have in their entire life so it's not only money that they've got invested in that property it's their heart and soul. And they are putting everything on the line in something that most of us don't have a lot of expertise in. Even if you know how to wield a hammer that doesn't mean you understand how a lift works and how the various maintenance activities are needed on those particular buildings. I think that where people fall down is not because of ill will usually it's because of lack of skills in that area.This bill is trying to capture those gaps in the legislation and make it much fairer for those people who are members of a body corporate. I think it's never going to be perfect. I think we've got it into a very good state. I'm not claiming unlike others any credit for that but I think it is the people that came along and gave evidence to the select committee that actually had a massive impact on the quality of this bill in the end. It is testament to the select committee process. I think most members of the public don't realise how important this is. It doesn't matter whether you've got all the resources of the ministry behind you or it's a member's bill it's never perfect when it goes to a select committee and it's really dependent on evidence from those people coming before the select committee the committee's work to try and distil all that evidence decide what needs to be done and what not to be done that ends up with a piece of legislation that's workable. So I'd like to thank all those people that did come along to the select committee and give up their time. It was very important it was appreciated and we all listened very intently to their evidence. So I think as Nicola Willis said earlier that this bill had very many mothers. Like what John F Kennedy said which was that success had many mothers and failure was an orphan this bill is not an orphan. This is going to have as we've witnessed tonight lots of mothers and fathers in this House tonight.There were 85 submitters with a lot of experience in different areas. It was quite an effort by everyone concerned.I note that Nicola Willis is going to bring some Supplementary Order Papers (SOPs) through the next stage particularly around conveyancing and remediation reports. I think that's really important. I know from one of the bodies corporate I was involved with with earthquake damage here in Wellington—and I think that the importance of getting all of those details fairly to the purchaser is really important. That's one area where dishonesty is—there's a real opportunity there for someone to be dishonest about what they know and when you get a deal where one party has more information than the other that is a very dangerous place to go particularly that as I said earlier this will be one of the biggest investments that most people make and it's all on the line. For them to be led up the garden path as it were or buy something that is a liability they were not expecting is very unfair. I'm sure the SOP will go some way to fix that.Also proxy voting which has been touched on by a number of people—that was a very contentious issue. I'm still not sure what the right answer is. I note that the member bringing the bill is clearly not quite satisfied with where it sits at the moment so she's going to bring an SOP to fix this bill or remediate the bill. I would really look forward to reading that SOP and debating it when we get to the committee of the whole House. So I think that is going to be a very important area. Because of the nature of these things often people don't live in their bodies corporate all the time and therefore find it difficult to attend meetings and be a part of the process. So it's really important that they have their say; albeit we don't want that to be used in an unfair way either. So I look forward to reading that.We had some debate at the end about the size of the UK and I think that the Hon Judith Collins is a bit closer to the geographical facts anyway than the other member.But it is a growing trend that I see anyway in New Zealand of building apartments. I note that I had the pleasure with Andrew Bayly to visit a company called Hector Egger down in Queenstown building modular homes. I think these are the type of thing that we're going to see in New Zealand—much much more of—and this is a really positive thing. Joseph Mooney was on that visit as well. I can't speak highly enough of that particular company and the type of home that they are building. We have a shortage of homes in New Zealand for lots of reasons and I think the Resource Management Act has a heck of a lot to do with it setting urban limits has got a lot to do with it—all of those sorts of things. But building modular homes that are put up in three days as Hector Egger are doing in Queenstown is absolutely the way for New Zealand to go. That is the future. They can build a very good house at a very good price and a lot of those are going to be in bodies corporate.So it is essential that we get this legislation together. I congratulate the member once again. I look forward very much to taking part in the next stage of this and then ultimately seeing it become an Act. I congratulate all those involved. Thank you.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): This debate is interrupted and is set down for resumption next sitting day. The House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. tomorrow. Pō mārie. The House adjourned at 9.59 p.m.