Simpson ScottHon SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. I rise to stand in opposition to the second reading of the Income Insurance Scheme (Enabling Development) Bill being passed—rammed—through this Parliament under urgency by a Government using its absolute majority. And not even with the support of their loyal trustworthy supporters the Greens who are for some reason deciding to abstain on this legislation for a reason that is not clear to me but I would have thought that the best thing to do when you come to Parliament is take a view take a position. If the Greens are unsure then they should certainly oppose.The irony the great irony of this piece of legislation is that the first probable recipients of it once it's eventually passed and the framework that this legislation seeks to put in place is adopted and then the actual legislation to create the income insurance scheme is put into effect—the irony is that the first recipients are likely to be members of the Labour Party sitting opposite who have lost their jobs at the next election. Those are the people who are likely to be the first recipients and they should actually declare an interest; they should declare a conflict of interest in this piece of legislation because they are likely to be the first recipients of it.But this piece of legislation is—as my colleague the Hon Paul Goldsmith has said—a sneaky little piece of legislation snuck in under the guise of the Budget that was released yesterday. Very little said about this proposal to increase the taxes of hard-working New Zealanders who are already being squeezed in every which way by the economic inefficiency and overspending and over-borrowing of the Government as it leads to the highest rate of inflation in 30 years. So we are opposed to this piece of legislation because we are opposed to the principle that it seeks to build upon.Now normally at this point in a debate in the Parliament we would be hearing back from a select committee. There would have been submissions from interested parties and stakeholders. We would have heard from officials and had a departmental report. But no because this piece of legislation is being pushed through under urgency—and one would have to wonder why other than to avoid the scrutiny that would occur at a select committee.Now this is a Government that came into power on the back of Winston Peters' decision saying that they would be the most open and transparent Government in the history of New Zealand. And here we are on a Friday morning in the Parliament passing—under urgency—a sneaky little piece of legislation without scrutiny without transparency without the benefit of any kind of due diligence from members of the public the voters or the people who are likely to be impacted for ever and ever if this Government was allowed to do it. No need to panic listeners who might be listening to this at home because a National Government will put this right at the first possible opportunity. So don't worry too much. If this gets passed eventually it's only going to be for a short duration. And then sensibleness normality and some sensible approach to the country's economy and to taxation and to reward for effort will be reinstituted in this Parliament. Help is on the way.