Eagle PaulPAUL EAGLE (Labour—Rongotai): Thank you Madam Speaker. It's a real pleasure to have the opportunity to talk about this bill; I rushed into the House because it's important that I do considering I am the member for Rongotai including the mighty Chatham Islands. When I look at my seat and the coverage of it being a third of the city it is can I say the home of public servants. It's at least one-third of the city where many many many of the workers who live there work in some way for some entity as part of something but when you talk to them sooner or later you find out that they are actually working for the Public Service. I want to congratulate all of those who have put in work but in particular the leadership of the Minister Chris Hipkins because this has been a piece of work that's a long time coming. And I know when I look up into the crowd here I see some young people from Te Kao—nau mai haere mai welcome. But I was recently talking to someone in Kilbirnie actually who said that they had come from the provinces and made the transition to work in a big city like Wellington for the Public Service. I thought that was something that they had always aspired to because their relations had worked historically for the Ministry of Works and in other local agencies and to be given the opportunity to come to the capital and work for the head office—for want of a better term—was a real privilege to do that. So kia ora to the whānau up there. The one thing I really like though is the flexibility around what's being proposed here because what this does—and I learnt this in local government too—is sometimes you have a set of goals or visions or pieces of work that need to be done and the structure of the service delivery agents don't go hand in hand; what's being proposed here is that you can now bring people together from those agencies. I heard the Minister of Finance Grant Robertson talking about this: it breaks down those silos. So I can see why the Opposition is supporting it because they too know that when it comes to delivering on the promise whatever that may be you need a group of the very best people. Sometimes that means getting those from across the Public Service regardless of entity. When you look at the structure be it a ministry a Crown entity a State-owned enterprise an independent Crown enterprise and the like you just want the very best people to ensure that they deliver the project. We are in the year of delivery the party of delivery and so this is all part of that vision to ensure that the goods get delivered and the people of Aotearoa New Zealand ultimately benefit from the policies and visions that we've put in place. So in terms of tackling those long-term challenges putting in place things it may take much more than just three years—maybe 30—but this is part of that structure of a Public Service. Can I say too how proud people have been. They know this is coming. Some have worked on it and they have said It's great that we are now able to move more easily between agencies." I am hopeful that that will extend to say their leave. I know some agencies have got it sorted. I know that within the police service you can work across the many divisions and branches within that entity and you take with you your entitlements. I guess that's important because it gives people hope and it also means that they feel valued because often they may not get the credit for some of the work that they do because they've had to make a sudden transition or there's been some restructure solely to deliver the project that they've been working on. I know others want to talk about the commitment and relationship with Māori and that's being talked about too. That's important because we are seeing a Public Service that is embracing things Māori. It's taken 30 years dare I say it since the State Sector Act was put in place all that time ago. But it is relevant; it is timely. It's well overdue dare I say it. But what we do have now is it is enshrined where things will be considered and not just an afterthought. I commend this to the House."