Upston LouiseHon LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupō): Thank you Madam Speaker. For those who have tuned in expecting members' bills it's worth just explaining that on members' day we do private bills first and this one of course is sponsored by the Hon Meka Whaitiri the MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti. So this is the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Bill. Although we have agreed and expedited this bill in a shortened process to ensure that we have this bill passed before 31 March which is the settlement date I think it is just really important to acknowledge that often the media—well actually they probably never report on the pieces of legislation that there is cooperation across the House on and this is one of them. It's a sensible practical bill. It's not something that's being done for the first time Eric Roy when he was the MP for Invercargill shepherded a similar bill through for the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Association.So as the member Anna Lorck who spoke before me said this has been to the Governance and Administration Committee. There were only four submitters and the majority of course were in favour. There weren't any changes that came out of that select committee which I think is a really good example of a well written bill and a bill that has had the significant support of the agricultural and pastoral (A & P) society in Hawke's Bay. So for those who didn't listen to the speech before or have just joined us it is basically a sale from the Hastings District Council who will take up this land and the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society will still have access to use it for the events for 10 days a year and of course the very significant and successful farmers market—of course it is National Farmers Market Week this week across New Zealand and the Hawke's Bay one has to be one of the better ones across the country. I agree with the member that now is definitely a time to support our growers in the Hawke's Bay.So the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society have been clearly behind this piece of legislation. It's been out for consultation in the Hastings District Council area—93 percent of the submitters were in favour so this then just becomes a bit of a technical or procedural legislation. It's not legislation that governs other A & P societies just this because of the original Incorporated Societies Act 1908 that said that if they sold land they had to purchase for a similar purpose but of course the purpose of these societies is very different—actually no it's not different; they just undertake their work in a different way. So events like the Horse of the Year which of course was cancelled again this year—very gutting. Very gutting. But it will absolutely be back bigger and bolder than it has been before. And it is important to recognise that the showgrounds at the moment are the significant distribution hub for welfare support for the cyclone-hit area so it just goes to show that facilities and assets like this in a region can turn on a dime to support the community as necessary and they do. So National's pleased to support this piece of legislation. We have done the work in the select committee or at least my colleagues have—Mr McKelvie: Mr A & P of the National Party caucus. Ha ha! So we are proud to support this in the second reading and it'll be great to see this passed later tonight.