Lotu-Iiga Sam: Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013 Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeLotu-Iiga Sam: Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013 Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee[Sitting date: 16 May 2013. Volume:690;Page:10222. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA (National—Maungakiekie): It is a pleasure to take a call on this the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013 Amendment Bill. This bill is really about New Zealand’s future. It is about building on the platform that this Government has created in order to provide jobs opportunities and economic growth for our nation going forward.Due to some minor omissions in the transitional provisions of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act which we passed last month we have had to bring this bill into the House in order to correct some of those omissions. We are doing this because it is prudent. We are doing this because it is responsible. We are doing this because it is the right thing to do. It is the right thing to do because this Government is continuing to work on all fronts to ensure that these industries—the oil and gas industry and the minerals industry—are able to thrive and prosper in this country.Although members opposite will cry foul about what is going on in Australia and how its Crown minerals are being utilised to their fullest extent they continue to vote against bills that create jobs and opportunities for all New Zealanders. They continue to vote against jobs that are created by the construction of a convention centre. They continue to vote against jobs provided in manufacturing. They continue to vote against jobs where the provision of infrastructure and broadband investment continue under this Government. They are against it all. It is quite sad.But what this bill also creates is certainty for operators who obtained mining licences under earlier regimes and who are covered by these transitional arrangements. It provides certainty. Certainly when you go out and talk to manufacturers and producers out in the market—I know the Labour Party do not worry about talking to those who create jobs and growth. But when I go out there and I visit my manufacturers in Maungakiekie what do they say to me? What do they say? They say they want lower taxes. They want less compliance and red tape. They want the Government to support business in order to support jobs and growth and they support this Government’s Business Growth Agenda.Although members opposite continue to rail against economic growth and rail against providing for our families it is about families. It is about giving them the opportunities to look after themselves.Hon Lianne Dalziel: What’s that got to do with this bill?Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA: That is what this bill does—it supports that economic growth agenda. Miss Dalziel does not know what the economic growth agenda is even though she was the Minister of Commerce for so long under that shabby Labour Government between 1999 and 2008. Although Labour prefers to legislate over tax andincrease red tape and compliance this Government with this bill and other bills like it continues to promote jobs in this country. That is why I commend this bill to the House.