Bennett GlenGLEN BENNETT (Labour—New Plymouth): Kia ora Madam Speaker. Thank you for the call on the Remuneration Authority Legislation Bill. A year into this role—this vocation is it?—as a member of Parliament for New Plymouth an honour is also a word that comes to mind there's many many things you learn and many things you have to learn quickly. Understanding remuneration understanding the courts understanding things that I never knew or even cared a lot about to be honest because I knew it just worked and operated. But this piece of legislation is around ensuring integrity in our democracy—that it gives the public confidence in our system. There's often words we hear thrown around around transparency impartiality integrity and this piece of legislation is around that.This bill was initiated after an independent principles-based review concluded that the Remuneration Authority rather than the Cabinet Fees Framework is the most appropriate mechanism for setting the remuneration of statutory and judicial officers administered by the Minister of Justice. Some pretty big words that I'm learning a year in! Let's be honest the Plain Language Bill last week was significant for me as we go on and I want lots of plain language and lots of—I was going to say four letter words but that's probably unhelpful—shorter words around this. Anyway the Remuneration Authority Legislation Bill is around the remuneration for some roles that can be defined as judicial in nature and are under the authority of the Cabinet Fees Framework which is led and determined by the executive.Now this bill requires more than two minutes of conversation. It's important stuff. As I said it's around transparency; it's around digging deep into what is important. In 1977 actually I was two years old and I do vaguely remember when this was actually brought into this House and passed—I don't actually but I was two years old. I know you think I probably wasn't born for another 10 or 20 years but I had been. And of course someone talked around the omnibus. This is around six other Acts in terms of legislation and it's around the Cabinet Fees Framework and the authority. I know a Green MP and colleague mentioned it earlier but it's around the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Human Rights Review Tribunal it's around the community magistrates of the District Court it's around environment commissioners and deputy environment commissioners of the Environment Court it's also around members and deputy chairs of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal it's also around referees of the disputes tribunals tenancy adjudicators of the Tenancy Tribunal so it covers a lot. And like I said before the fact that it's bringing it into the Remuneration Authority—I've almost got that word right—rather than the Cabinet Fees Framework.Now the remuneration of these officers that I just mentioned earlier will remain the same until the Remuneration Authority makes its first determination. Now Madam Speaker I would like you to know that I don't drink when I'm on precinct so just in case you're wondering—I shouldn't even say that. But I come back to the Plain Language Bill from last week. Thank you very much Rachel Boyack who is actually in the Chamber at the moment. That was a mighty piece of legislation that I support as you can tell wholeheartedly right now.So I am grateful to stand here for something that again as I said I've often dealt with and worked in spaces where I'm negotiating and working when it comes to—whether it be lawyers whether it be judges whether it be in other parts of the judicial system. So for me it is really around that transparency that impartiality that is important. So as I said—as I began my speech—and I think it sort of feels appropriate to end it that way—Hon Member: More!GLEN BENNETT: If I can get my tongue around the words correctly. This piece of legislation is ensuring integrity in our democracy which gives the public confidence in our system and for that reason the Remuneration Authority Legislation Bill is something I support and I commend to the House.