Penk Chris; Dean JacquiCHRIS PENK (National—Kaipara ki Mahurangi): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. Can I start by acknowledging the remarks of the Minister the Hon Kiritapu Allan in acknowledging various people over a large period of time who've worked really hard to bring us to this point. The Secondary Legislation Bill is an absolute page turner as well as a door stopper. I've had the pleasure and I think we can all agree the House as a whole has had the pleasure of hearing me speak on this before; so I'll keep my remarks suitably brief. I did promise the Administrative Law class of Victoria University that I would emphasise suitably strongly that the rule of law is deeply intertwined as a concept with the idea that secondary legislation should be knowable and clear and unambiguous and so on. So I hope that they will feel as though I've done them and indeed our constitution proud by emphasising the rule of law in that way.I do acknowledge as the Minister Kiritapu Allan has also done the previous versions of the Regulations Review Committee including yourself and others in the Chamber whom I shall not bring into the debate but nevertheless should be acknowledged in that cryptic way but also colleagues of the current Regulations Review Committee and I see a number of their smiling faces with us today. It's that point in the week Madam Speaker and we're on our favourite subject of course: secondary legislation. The status of secondary legislation is really important. It's secondary not in terms of importance in the effect of people's personal and professional lives; it's secondary in the sense of being chronologically following primary legislation and of course from the point of view that this House delegate powers under that and so they must flow in a way that is right and proper and unambiguous. So the lack of ambiguity hopefully in terms of regulations and their status going forward is a key point of the Act. Oversight in the positive meaning of that word is going to be provided—not an oversight". It's in that rare category of words that sort of have two meanings that are completely opposite doesn't it? Like "sanction". Anyway!So notwithstanding that we've got notices directions codes of practice and so on out there we will be able to talk more helpfully and clearly I think about secondary legislation as a whole going forward and just to encourage all those watching at home or perhaps both of them—I'd like to pay tribute to both my parents for sticking with the subject. No just kidding! Others too I'm sure will be watching and might be wondering what's next in this great project initiated by the Hon Sir Christopher Finlayson QC and it is the uploading and the publication of all secondary legislation in ways that are available and accessible on line to us all.So on that note it gives me great pleasure to join with others in the House in helping to bring to a conclusion this important piece of work the Secondary Legislation Bill and we commend it to the House thoroughly.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): The Minister's legislative statement is published under the authority of the House and can be found on the Parliament website. The question is that the motion be agreed to."