Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill — Second ReadingText is subject to correctionTaxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 05 December 2013. Volume:695;Page:15332. Text is subject to correction.]But anyway what I would like to say is that when I came to this House it was with the intention of being able to do good things for New Zealand. This remains my position and I look at the legislation that is proposed Government bills and members’ bills on that basis. I talk to parties members and yes I talk to Ministers as well.The Minister in charge of this bill the Hon Todd McClay is a good one. I have talked to him about legal highs—the drugs being reined in by his good Psychoactive Substances Act. I have talked to him about the plight of workers in the now closed Tachikawa sawmill in Rotorua and we were able to get some good work done there and a number of problems sorted for those Tachikawa workers. But I have not needed to talk to the Minister too much about this bill because the report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee is written very well and very clearly and it is obvious that this bill is going to do good things for New Zealand in the areas of taxation treatment foreign superannuation withdrawals ensuring Working for Families tax credits function as intended and Canterbury earthquake damage.But as we have seen onCampbell Live not all is well in Christchurch where the Government’s Southern Response company is failing homeowners. I was contacted recently by a woman who has a quantity surveyor’s assessment that her home will cost $785000 to repair yet Southern Response is offering just $471000. That is leaving this constituent over $300000 out of pocket and the Government must address what Southern Response is failing to do. However overall I can support this bill.I will be paying attention in the Committee stage of this bill because I want to hear what the Minister has to say about the provisions on foreign superannuation schemes and overseas social security schemes. I want to hear what he has to say about New Zealanders working in South Korea. I would say happy birthday to that member over there who in South Korea by that country’s law must pay into the South Korean national pension scheme. New Zealanders are losing a lot of money there becausealthough Australia Canada and the USA have reciprocal agreements with South Korea we do not. So I would be interested to hear about that in the Committee stage.I would just like to foreshadow the problems with the Taxation (Annual Rates Employee Allowances and Remedial Matters) Bill which I expect we will be debating next week. In that terrible bill the Government is adding insult to injury by allowing offshore drilling at extreme depths and with little safety equipment. I wonder whether theNoble Bob Douglas can cope with anything bigger than one 200-litre barrel of oil being dropped on its deck with our Government rapid oil response unit consisting of only three 8-metre dinghies. Rubbing salt into the wound National is planning on making this deepwater drill ship exempt from New Zealand taxation until 31 December 2019. That is an outrage and my vote on that bill will be entirely different from the vote on this one. I support this bill. Thank you.