Watts SimonSIMON WATTS (National—North Shore): Oh Mr Speaker goodness gracious me! We're near the end of the day and we hear from Helen White the member from Auckland Central about how bad these big multinationals are these big bad businesses that pay all this tax to this country that employ how many people in Auckland Central I wonder—but we're all focused on those big bad businesses. Well on this side of the House we are absolutely not. Do you know what? We actually talk to those businesses. We actually understand those businesses—something that that member on that side would not have a clue where to start.I stand here in the third reading of the Crown Minerals (Decommissioning and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. National oppose this bill. I tell you what over the last 48 hours I have been up here in the House a number of times on unnecessary regulations and laws and legislation. Every single thing that we've seen from that side of the House in the last 48 hours has been absolutely unnecessary—a burden on our businesses bureaucracy complication and overreach by this Government. It continues. It's like a machine—it just keeps pumping it out like fodder—and I'll tell you what Kiwis are sick of it. Have we heard anything about the Aucklanders that are in lockdown for nearly a hundred days? Did I hear anything from that side of the House? The answer is no. They would not have a clue in terms of the pain and agony that the people of Auckland and the people of this country are falling to because of unnecessary legislation like this bill that I'm talking to right now.I want to get into some of the detail around some of the costs and benefits or should I say the lack of because this is an example of a Government that has a complete inability in terms of targeting investment to get a payback. I'll tell you what there are a lot of Kiwis in this country right now who are not throwing out all their money all willy-nilly—quite the opposite. Hairdressers salons hospitality have had zero income for the last hundred days but the cost-benefit of this bill is that for every $1 of spend from taxpayer money paid out of the pockets of hard-working Kiwis there is 11c. Well I don't know about the economics and understanding in terms of payback on investment but I can tell you what my eight-year-old son at home—he's pretty reasonable at maths so he would be able to work it out. He could say Dad I don't think that sounds very good." and you know what? He'd be absolutely right.The problem is that that side of the House can't seem to get it. They do not understand that that level of investment in terms of the money that is paid for out of our pockets—out of all those Kiwis—in terms of this bill is not effective spend and we have got a heck of a number of areas within this country that need investment right now. I'm looking at the member from down in the Queenstown area in terms of our tourism sector and the pain and agony that they've felt and this bill is using that investment in a way which is wasted.We talked a little bit about the select committee process and I want to acknowledge the chair Jamie Strange across there—a good man. I always have a lot of time for him and he's a pretty good sensible chap. But I must say that that committee was whipped in terms of pretty much being muzzled around being able to provide any level of feedback around improving that bill. What is the purpose of select committees? Well I tell you what: it is to improve legislation. It is to make it better but over the last 48 hours like with this bill we have not been given the opportunity to get in front and go through and do due process on legislation. That side of the House thinks it's completely acceptable to rush through this type of legislation without due consultation and that is an absolute disgrace.I want to finish off this contribution in terms of what was referred to on that side as those big bad multinationals. Well we simply do not buy that. These entities contribute a significant amount of money in terms of our economy and in this area alone $2.5 billion—yeah that is a heck of a lot of money. These guys are good at spending but in terms of making money I can tell you what it's a lot harder. Also $750 million in terms of some of the contribution—that is a significant impact from that industry. National supports business. National supports the people of this country. National supports sensible regulation where it's required. We do not support this bill. National oppose this bill."