van de Molen Tim; Rurawhe AdrianTIM VAN DE MOLEN (National—Waikato): Thank you Mr Speaker. Lovely to have the opportunity to take a call on this. I am quite surprised actually that we've heard so much about the fact that we're in a climate emergency right now and yet the Government members are not even standing to take their calls on this bill. This shows a Government that is not acting—[Multiple interjections] Great to see that there's some energy on the other side. I was a bit concerned about that because they were all asleep and missed the call before. So if they are prepared to take a few calls on this well fantastic. I would be happy to give Mr Faafoi the opportunity to stand up and give his contribution to it if he would wish to. But I suspect he won't because like most Government members they actually are all about virtue signalling and not delivering tangible outcomes that really matter for New Zealanders.Now this bill there's some aspects in it that are OK but actually we are hearing about a climate emergency; The end is nigh!" according to this Government. And yet what are they proposing here? Minor tweaks. This Government-mandated reporting and disclosure is really just going to add additional compliance costs to businesses who are already ahead—well ahead of where this Government is at—leading the curve to ensure that they can maintain their competitive advantage in business and can secure opportunities in an adapting and evolving environment.Now businesses know that they have to adapt. They know that they must meet the changing requirements of climate change. Now they're doing that in an array of different manners and the flexibility to do that is an important part of how we should be functioning. And that's what National believes: when there's less Government it gives businesses the opportunity to drive their own success. Provide them with the platform and let them get on and do it rather than going in heavy-handed like this Government has on so many areas. We're seeing it right now in the three waters stuff which we've just been debating earlier tonight as well. Another example of the Government stepping up thinking they know best coming down with a heavy fist and ignoring all common sense.Now this bill again does something similar. So it's about reducing the opportunity for people in their own businesses to make the right decisions for their particular industry or sector based on the needs at the time. We're not seeing any real practical action being proposed here. These are just tweaks around the edges that are as Mr Smith has said about virtue signalling on what this Government may or may not look to do. Hon Member: What would the member do? Tell me what you'd do.TIM VAN DE MOLEN: And we hear some chatter from the other side but again they're not prepared to take their calls and speeches on this because clearly it's not as important as they might like to suggest with the press releases or public announcements. It's easy to stand up and make an announcement but the actual delivery is what we are seeing time and again from this Government that they are not able to achieve. So quite sadly really New Zealanders are being let down by this Government.This is going to result in additional compliance costs for businesses as well being forced into something with the compulsory reporting the disclosure requirements. There will be an additional cost to business and businesses are seeing that time and again from this Government. Rather than making the playing field easier for them to operate to navigate to adapt to pivot whatever they may wish to do the Government instead is coming down with a heavy-handed approach. So this really is just a token gesture. Unfortunately it's reducing the opportunity for businesses to have the flexibility they need to succeed. That's going to stymie our productivity at a time when we need businesses to be driving their own success more than ever and that is before we even get on to some of the agricultural matters that Mr Smith mentioned as well. We have seen a significant shift in the playing field there and this was the risk. When we stand up in this House and the Government puts forward legislation it has a real life impact on those outside these walls and sometimes I think that is forgotten. In the primary sector we've seen that in particular with the changes over recent years in terms of the emissions carbon offsetting the forestry buying of sheep and beef land—there has been a significant shift in the market that has been absolutely a result of Government-imposed legislation. Now that has a massive impact on those communities and those livelihoods and it's important that we recognise that. This legislation is another example of that it is distorting the playing field and unfortunately it is making it more difficult rather than less difficult.Now I would really encourage the Government to get out there within their different industries—and I'm sure they have some connections and if they don't I'd be more than happy to help them in the ag sector and building and construction sector. Talk to anyone on this side of the House we can give some connections to help you get some better insights into the implications of these sorts of legislative changes. Unfortunately it is not going to help it is virtue signalling and that is not what we need at this stage. So on that basis unfortunately this is another missed opportunity from the Government. It's been all talk no action and New Zealanders are let down.DEPUTY SPEAKER: I call Tangi Utikere. Five minutes."