Jones ShaneHon SHANE JONES (Minister of Forestry): This bill will pass despite the stance of denial by our friends across the House which is reflective of the still early stages of grief that they're working through. The reason that this bill will pass is that it has a moral purpose and despite the other side of the House believing that the onset of climate change will solve these particular problems of whānau in poverty shivering in their houses—owned in many cases by their friends—this bill will pass because we have far too many low-quality rental properties and in areas where we are experiencing such as Auckland huge population pressures. Now we've heard from the other side of the House concerns to do with the expansion of a fiscal burden on property owners. If they were really so concerned about burdens and fiscal costs why have they allowed red tape to spin out of control? And our senior colleague Mr Twyford is now having to confront that as he expands the number of affordable houses in New Zealand.Why did they take such a dilatory approach in introducing an Australian model of occupational safety and health (OSH) that is causing all sorts of grief amongst the god-fearing small and medium sized businessmen and businesswomen of Aotearoa? Not a single thing—not a single thing other than make a worm grower suffer the full burdens of the OSH regime and a farmer get off scot-free. More on farmers when we advance our sophisticated thinking in relation to the emissions trading scheme.Now the other reason that this bill must pass is that how can we as a Parliament sit and watch the next generation being raised in substandard living conditions at a time when the fastest-growing assets particularly in Auckland have been houses? How can we allow those properties and the people that own those properties to not step up to the plate and observe the full obligations of being property owners especially when many of the people living in those properties are in receipt of handsome Government subsidies?I'm hoping that the Minister of Housing and Urban Development has time to do something about that into the future. So we are seeing a transfer via people of limited means living in substandard housing into the hands of property owners where property owners feel no obligation to improve the warmth either by insulation either by fireplaces or other forms of heating including heat pumps. So the morality of the situation is beyond cavil and we know that this bill will pass.Now having been Minister of building myself in the past and I'm more than willing to share those experiences with Minister Salesa and Mr Twyford—it is just but a small step up on to the seventh floor of the Beehive where our friends over there will never ever see again because the new leader of the National Party is not in this Parliament: either working in a cigarette paper company or as a lobbyist in some corporate—The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): Could I just remind the member that we are in a third reading debate and we should actually talk about the debate at hand thank you.Hon SHANE JONES: I thank you for that direction. It's just that the truth bubbles forth despite obstacles in front of me but I will observe the direction from the Chair and for fear of earning the ire of the promoter of the bill against the appetite of the public I shall truncate this speech. I know they'll be disappointed in Eketāhuna and a host of other places—ahh there's Simeon waving. That's the five-year-old school wave son—something that you should own with pleasure given that's the quality of your maturity in your short time here in Parliament.So the bill provides a firm regulatory regime creates a level playing field and if anyone's doubting whether or not the improvements to rental housing will require wood a billion trees will see to that. Kia ora tātou.