Foster Andy; Kuriger BarbaraANDY FOSTER (NZ First): Thank you Madam Speaker. Look what is very very clear from the select committee report is that it was only a majority report in favour. In other words it was contentious at the time. We've heard suggested from the Opposition benches that this is in some ways some sort of slight on the hard-working staff at the IRD which clearly it is not; it's just about whether this piece of reporting needs to be done. I think we've also heard from the Opposition a lot of discussion about the principles which are there and I don't think again you've heard any disagreement with those principles. They're good principles. The question is do you need to report on those principles under the Act? I think we've also heard some very interesting discussion about whether some of the party's policies that are around here would actually meet some of those principles. And I was interested that the Hon David Seymour didn't also highlight the boondoggles that were around GST which clearly would not—clearly would not have met those principles.I think the key thing here is whether those principles need to be reported under this Act. If you look at the regulatory impact statement it's quite clear. Obviously it's from the IRD and they say that following the select committee and bill process it became apparent that the final reporting framework did not have broad support. It is therefore unlikely that the framework will prove enduring". They then go on to say "The Act therefore is unlikely to be effective in achieving its purposes. In Inland Revenue's view this indicates the anticipated benefits of the Act are unlikely to be fully realised." Now they'd obviously started off saying this was something that they thought was worth doing and then they came to the view that maybe after this process it wasn't which I think is interesting. Then they also say well look we can still provide information there and "Inland Revenue intends to consider means of improving its current reporting under the Tax Administration Act 1994." So they can still report on the things that they deem are important.The Hon Deborah Russell said that the important thing here is the transparency of the tax system. Actually I think the thing that is much more exercising the public's mind is the transparency of the expenditure that goes on by Government. We've seen the recent report by the Auditor-General which cast some severe doubt about that in some areas. I think the other thing which is sitting behind this relatively harmless looking piece of legislation in many ways is more about how people might want to spend or how people might want to tax—how different parties might want to tax New Zealanders in the future. I think really what it comes down to is an issue of trust. I think that many New Zealanders do not trust that Government given information—given powers would not misuse that to really severely impact on them and we've heard the example that we've just had about a couple with a $3 million house and what would happen if one of the couple dies.I think really this is about the public's confidence and trust in this Parliament and in Governments to make sure they do not overreach themselves into people's lives. Thank you Madam Speaker; I commend this bill to the House.DEPUTY SPEAKER: Before I call the Hon James Shaw this is normally a split call and I just want to clarify for the House that I have a letter from the Maōri Party giving their five minutes to the Green Party. So James Shaw will have the option of a 10-minute call."