Barry Maggie: Local Government (Public Libraries) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Barry Maggie: Local Government (Public Libraries) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 07 November 2012. Volume:685;Page:6422. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
MAGGIE BARRY (National—North Shore) 
: 
 Light bulbs shower heads compulsion in the shower compulsion in the way we put light bulbs in—does any of this sound familiar? Is it bringing back the old failed polices of Labour lost? “Nanny Fenton” I am afraid has taken over. She is trying to exhume the Labour policies of old which have failed abysmally in the past and are coming over again. We have rejected that level of micro-management. It does not work. No charge for library services including books digital information and internet access. Prohibit libraries from charging. Compulsion and prohibiting—what good is that doing? Who are you shifting the burden to? Think it through. What good are you actually doing the wonderful libraries that are in this country? You are not doing anything about the problems that exist. So for example if someone takes out a DVD or a book and they damage it do the ratepayers have to pay? Does everybody but the person who does the damage have to pay? Sometimes libraries have to be able to charge a little bit. If they do that should be up to them and local government not you guys. Relinquish your hold on this— 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: Order! 
MAGGIE BARRY 
: You lost elections over it—not you of course Mr Assistant Speaker. I suspect in your case you would not really adhere to this sort of stuff. The Local Government (Public Libraries) Amendment Bill is a bill that lacks specific measures to prevent for example excessive use and monopolising of the internet resources. So you go into your local library and there is somebody sitting there at the internet hogging it hour after hour. There are no restrictions and there are no problems with it. There needs to be control. Local librarians and local organisations can sort this stuff out. You guys have enough trouble getting your leadership organised and getting your policies sorted. Frankly it is nothing much to do with you— 
Iain Lees-Galloway 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The member needs a little help in just remembering the convention about “you”. She has brought you into the debate several times. I think just a little bit of assistance would be useful for her. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: Can I thank the honourable member for his remarks and point out to him that under Speaker’s ruling 27/5(2) the sole discretion is at the use of the Speaker. However the member should try to direct her comments to the House. Thank you. 
MAGGIE BARRY 
: Thank you very much. I think King’s College would regret the day that it graduated such a person but that is another issue altogether. 
We look at what is already an unnecessary piece of work. This Government is all about rolling out broadband so that it is available all around the country. Books and libraries are places of great tradition in New Zealand. I think that people in Government or in fact in their case on the Opposition benches in perpetuity should keep well clear of things that have not worked for them before. We do not support this bill for a whole lot of reasons. I certainly do not support it. 
I think of our Better Local Government reforms that other members opposite have tried to ridicule even though of course failed practitioners not elected even for Albany boards let alone for the mayoralty ought to take a cue from failed utterances in the past Mr Williams. But what we look at here is ratepayers. I am concerned that somebody sooner or later is going to have to pay. Rates have skyrocketed particularly on the North Shore where I come from. The Labour Mayor Len is very keen to pass on charges. The Labour Party seems quite happy to help him in this. Who pays? Really the dictates of this policy are ridiculous. I am surprised that it has come this far but there you go. That is democracy. 
I certainly do not support this bill in any way shape or form. I concede it is probably well intentioned but it is still a failed and implausible piece of stuff and I do not support it in any way shape or form. Thank you.