Martin TraceyTRACEY MARTIN (NZ First): Kia ora Mr Chair. I rise on behalf of my colleague Ron Mark to take a short call on this bill in the Committee stage. New Zealand First will continue to support the bill. We want to acknowledge—as Jacinda Ardern the previous speaker did—the work of the Local Government and Environment Committee and the amendments that have been made. During my time as a member of the Rodney Local Board of Auckland Council it was one of the jobs of the local boards in Auckland to actually go round and inspect for exemptions—predominantly around spa pools and spa pool covers and gates opening in and out and so on and so forth—so I am aware of the 3-year cycle of inspections that Auckland Council has had. We think that is a very sensible time frame to try to even out across the country so that all councils will be required to make sure that the regulations and the safety measures that have been put into place are being adhered to and are fully up to speed. We do think that the amendments made particularly around hot tubs and spa pools bring the legislation into line with the advances around lockable covers and other mechanisms that are now in place around those particular items. If I can just take a short moment to talk about the Supplementary Order Papers the one that Jacinda Ardern referred to which is Supplementary Order Paper 208—New Zealand First will be supporting that Supplementary Order Paper. We agree with Ms Ardern and perhaps the concept of an audible alarm is just probably a step too far for us. We share the same concerns. We like the way Ms Ardern's Supplementary Order Paper is worded. We see that it is possible for an existing door or a door on a home that is going to have a pool built on the other side of it—because let us get real. If you are able to walk out of your ranchslider door and straight into a pool enclosure area more often than not it has been purposely built in that way. We see that it is possible even if it is a ranchslider to have some mechanism by which the ranchslider itself can be slammed shut and can have a childproof catch or latch. We think that that can be accommodated in the wording that Ms Ardern has placed here which reads (a) doors between the building and the immediate pool area must not be able to be opened by children and must close and latch automatically after use:". So we see that that is possible we think without causing any undue stress on the homeowners but it gives us that little bit more protection for what is most valuable to all of us which is our children. However with regard to Supplementary Order Paper 213 from Metiria Turei unfortunately we are unable to support that Supplementary Order Paper at this time. We recognise that it addresses the same concerns as Ms Ardern's Supplementary Order Paper. We feel that Ms Ardern's amendment to the legislation is more appropriate. It sits more closely with New Zealand First's attempts to bring the legislation up and modernise it and to make sure that the safeguards are still in place so that we do not create any opportunities for any further tragedies. So unfortunately we will not be supporting Supplementary Order Paper 213. I will not take up any more time of the Committee but as I said I just wanted to take a quick call on behalf of my colleague Ron Mark to say that New Zealand First will continue to support the bill. We will be supporting Ms Ardern's Supplementary Order Paper but unfortunately we will not be supporting the Green Party's. Kia ora."