Whaitiri MekaHon MEKA WHAITIRI (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti): E Te Māngai o Te Whare tēnā koe. Otirā ngā mema o Te Whare nei tēnā tātou katoa. After that last speaker Jacqui Dean what can I say? We are a coalition Government wanting to get on and do the hard yards. We had a speaker who talked about apparently being the party of the free market and who had every opportunity to usher this bill through but I want to commend my colleague the Hon Kris Faafoi for bringing in a well-considered bill a bill that actually gives the tools necessary to the Commerce Commission.As the Commerce Act says—and I quote—The [main aim] of this Act is to promote competition … for the long-term benefit of consumers [and markets] within New Zealand." How can the Commerce Act be achieved if the tools are not readily available to the commission? So what this bill does is enable the Commerce Commission in their wise judgment to initiate market studies and of course the Minister himself can also initiate market studies—and that's all. On this side we want to be informed when we make decisions and we want to do it on good evidence and that's what the market studies are about.I am a member of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee and I'm somewhat confused because in the report back to the House from the select committee we have got this piece that says "National Party members do not support the bill in its current form. The amendments proposed in the departmental report do not address the issues we have with the bill. We recommend that the bill not proceed." So I'm somewhat confused. Are the Opposition supporting this bill or are they not supporting the bill?I've been listening quite carefully to the contributions on that side of the House in terms of their concerns for not supporting it—or now are they supporting it? I would like one of the members—we've had Alastair Scott from the select committee and hopefully we've got another member from that side—to get up and actually make it clear to this House whether they are supporting a very sensible bill a sensible bill that gives the Commerce Commission the right to undertake market studies and yes of course address the issues around certain airports around our country. That's really critical particularly for people like myself—a rurally based MP—and of course tourism is a big economic opportunity for the areas I come from; so making sure that we've got the right tools to ensure that we are enabling more tourism to come into some of our regional parts of Aotearoa New Zealand.This is a really really important bill that does like I said enable the Commerce Commission to do the market studies. Yes people are going to share what those market studies would be but ultimately the test of public interest—and I trust the Commerce Commission. Like my colleague the Hon Eugenie Sage said they will make the right call and obviously discuss with and be led by the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs himself the Hon Kris Faafoi. It is a common-sense bill. It is something that unfortunately that side didn't enable us to get through the House. I absolutely commend it to the House in ensuring that it gets through so that we can start doing the things that New Zealanders want from this Government and expect from this Government—one of action and one prepared to do the mahi. I commend this bill to the House."