Court Simon; Rurawhe Adrian; Webb DuncanSIMON COURT (ACT): Thank you Mr Speaker. Now the ACT Party opposes this bill because it suspends a system that is already one of the worst-performing parts of Government and it acts as a fig leaf for a Minister who's made no effort to reform and encourage the performance of his ministry. Worse than that now it's been referred to the Education and Workforce Committee for a truncated process and for a lot of the time that this bill is intended to be before the select committee the House won't be sitting—there is a recess—and so that makes it much more difficult for us members of the Opposition to coordinate with our stakeholders and with those who are interested in submitting. So it's yet another example of a Government that's under pressure that comes to Parliament with excuses like Well we need to do it under urgency"—another one of these "Dog ate my homework" moments that we've heard from other Ministers in this Government.The ACT Party believes that rather than extend these extraordinary powers till May 2023 the Minister could alternatively have said "Look my department wants to offer a better way of working that's fairer for those people here on work visas and those applying to come to New Zealand to work"—who are desperately needed by businesses and engineering and construction and the primary sector—even tourism. It turns out that with the travel bubble with Australia about to be extended to the nine states of Australia New Zealand will need hundreds if not thousands of ski field workers who don't typically come from places like Ōhākune or Wānaka or Queenstown; they come from Brazil they come from Europe they come from Asia and they come to New Zealand for the experience of working here enjoying our culture and contributing to our economy. So rather than offering an opportunity for New Zealand's businesses which depend on this temporary labour—DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member needs to actually speak to the motion. It's about shortening the report-back time frame for the select committee. You need to reference those to the motion. SIMON COURT: Thank you for your direction Mr Speaker. So there are many many stakeholders who would like an opportunity to contribute to better public policy when it comes to immigration and they will have an extremely limited opportunity to prepare submissions to the select committee. We already know that the immigration authorities and the Minister have provided a confusing and inconsistent response to those stakeholders and those affected by poor decision-making and by allowing such a limited amount of time at select committee that's doing nothing to restore the confidence of those sectors affected in this Government or in the immigration Minister and his department.We understand that up to 7000 people have applications expressions of interest for residency on ice plus thousands more which in theory could be being processed within a two-year time frame although there is no actual time frame for their expressions of interest for residency to be considered. Currently that is all suspended. So while the Government may consider that this is success it really shows you what a low bar and what a lack of ambition the Government has actually to create better public policy. It also shows by offering such a limited opportunity to consider this bill at select committee how reluctant they are to expose their poor public policy their flawed approach to regulation their lack of concern about the regulatory impact of these types of bills. Again that is why the ACT Party opposes this bill but we will be encouraging our stakeholders and those affected to as quickly as possible make effective submissions—although judging by the repeated assertions of the number of votes that this Government has in the House of Parliament we don't expect them to listen to the concerns of stakeholders. They've shown an arrogance and an unwillingness to respond to the genuine concerns of stakeholders people in the primary production sector those tourism businesses desperate not just for tourists but also for the workers needed to staff their businesses.ACT will continue to oppose this bill although we look forward to proposing better public policy and better solutions at select committee. [Interruption] Thank you Mr Speaker. DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Members don't seek the call until the member speaking has taken his seat.Dr DUNCAN WEBB (Junior Whip—Labour): I move That the question be now put."