Willis Nicola; Dean JacquiNICOLA WILLIS (National): E te Māngai tēnā koe. I want to thank members across the House for your indications of support for this bill this evening. It is special and refreshing to see support from the ACT Party the Labour Party and the Green Party and to have agreement that it is now time to reform our outdated Unit Titles Act. In fact we've seen some fantastic contributions tonight that give me great heart that the select committee process for this bill will be a thorough substantive exercise. In fact I haven't very often seen such levels of passion as we just saw from Duncan Webb. Not even on matters of tax have I seen him get so passionate and I am very much looking forward to sitting with him around a table where he is the one arguing against complexity in regulations and excessive regulations. These are words that sing strongly to me and so we will have a meeting of minds on that Mr Webb. I also want to acknowledge the tributes to the Hon Nikki Kaye that have been shared in the House tonight. There is no doubt that this is a very substantial piece of work that she'd brought together and it is my honour to be shepherding it at this juncture. It's a reminder that Parliament can be a place where MPs make contributions that work together to advance reform. This is certainly an area where that is overdue and I want to recognise the contribution of members from a variety of perspectives who see the need for this reform. Greg O'Connor thank you for flying the flag for Wellington. These issues are very real here and I'm sure Greg O'Connor—like me—has been lobbied by inner-city Wellington and others who see this as vital. Thank you Chlöe Swarbrick for continuing to speak up for Auckland Central apartment-dwellers who wish to see this reform and I acknowledge your point that there is decision making to be made about how much of this reform sits in the primary versus the secondary legislation. Thank you Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki. You are I think the only apartment-dweller that spoke tonight and that is very important because it keeps it real—acknowledging that not every apartment-dweller wants to turn up to body corporate meetings and read every minute. That's something we need to keep in mind as we deliberate on this bill. Thank you Brooke van Velden for the ACT Party's contribution. I think Brooke speaks for many when she acknowledges that New Zealanders of tomorrow want to keep the dream of homeownership alive and apartments are a really important part of keeping that dream alive. Thank you Ginny Andersen. I agree with you that this is a bill where we will have to listen hard to submissions to make sure we're getting things right. Thank you Shanan Halbert for an Auckland perspective. I think that I will take your words more to my heart when you say this bill is a comfort to you whereas Duncan Webb saw it as a shiver down his spine. I am happy to be a comfort to you and to the Labour Party as you may need me in the future in terms of coming up with good ideas for what you should be doing. On a number of matters I am able to offer you some good ideas so let's just start with this one and see where we go. Angie Warren-Clark thank you for your contribution. I'm going to think about your grandmother I think it was—your mother—as we progress this bill because this is certainly something that needs to work for all generations and people in all sorts of circumstances. I take your tip on the title but I urge you to come up with a good suggestion because it's difficult to summarise the sheer breadth of this bill. Look I want to end on the note of encouraging those listening to this debate or reading the Hansard who think that people in this House haven't got it quite right or that we're misunderstanding things. Please we want to hear your views: make submissions. The Finance and Expenditure Committee will deliberate seriously on this bill. As I said at the beginning it's very important to me that we get the balance right between trying to create benefit for those who are living in these kinds of dwellings at the moment or who wish to buy them and also not creating too much additional cost and complexity. I don't want to be leading a bill that does that so let's get that balance right. We need to hear from those who are dealing with this in its practicalities and I very much look forward to the select committee process. Thank you to all members for your support. Bill read a first time. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): The question is That the Unit Titles (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) Amendment Bill be considered by the Finance and Expenditure Committee. Motion agreed to.Bill referred to the Finance and Expenditure Committee.