Luxton Jo; O'Connor GregHon JO LUXTON (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker. I just find it quite fascinating that the member who just took their seat the Hon Scott Simpson praised this fantastic report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment and yet that side of the House took absolutely no notice of his views on the fast-track Resource Management Act (RMA) bill. I find that quite fascinating.What I also find quite fascinating is that there are a couple of things that members opposite have brought up that I actually kind of agree with. I agree that our New Zealand farmers are some of the most environmental farmers around the world. I also agree that catchment groups are doing some fantastic work. The Minister who introduced the bill mentioned that winter grazing practices have improved.Minister Hoggard also talked about the fact that there are farmers who have been making improvements on their properties and around waterways for many years—that is also true and I absolutely 100 percent agree with that. However whether it be in agriculture whether it be in the corporate world there are always going to be those laggards who let everybody else down who is doing the right thing. The purpose behind the regulations that were introduced by the previous Government was to help to pull those laggards into line because they were dragging the rest of the sector down.New Zealand is very very proud of our clean green image; our beautiful pristine waterways—we trade off the back of that. That is why we are able to sell our product to the world: because of our clean green image. I do genuinely worry that this piece of legislation is somewhat short-sighted. I seriously hope that it doesn't come back to bite this Government in the backside.The other thing that I am concerned about with this piece of legislation is the consultation process—the member from the Green Party touched on this—and the fact that iwi and tangata whenua don't feel that they have been consulted with in a way that is meaningful for them. One of the things that I did notice in the regulatory impact statement is that they felt that the engagement process has been inadequate for reasons including insufficient information lack of time and that decisions appeared to have already been taken which was in reference to a letter from the Minister Responsible for RMA Reform to support this view. Because of this limited engagement and the uncertain impact on the proposal on fresh water it's difficult to assess as noted in the regulatory impact statement whether or not the Treaty principles of partnership and active protection have been met. So once again iwi and tangata whenua are not being consulted with properly on something that has huge impact for them.So whilst I have agreed with some of the comments that have been made opposite with regard to the great work that our farmers are doing I am concerned about the lack of consultation. It's something that we are seeing time and time again from this Government consultation legislation that is being rushed. I do worry that there will be serious unintended consequences as a result of rushed legislation. Thank you Mr Speaker.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Greg O'Connor): Mark Butterick.Mike Butterick: Mike.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Greg O'Connor): Oh Mike Butterick; sorry Mike.