Utikere TangiTANGI UTIKERE (Labour—Palmerston North): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. Thank you. Can I firstly acknowledge the contributions from right around the House and the support that at this stage appears to be provided for this bill. I do want to thank Mr McAnulty for reminding the House that this is a member's bill in my name—it's not a Government bill—and so those that have made some comments may want to just perhaps reflect on that.I do want to just very briefly reflect on the biscuit tin actually because it seems to me that you do need to have either an element of luck or beginner's choice perhaps. But I know that actually in terms of the class of 2020 on this side of the House the three members' bills from those members are for the MP for Ōtaki the MP for Whanganui and now the MP for Palmerston North. So the DEKA biscuit tin might have a regional bias perhaps on it—who knows? Mr Bennett MP for New Plymouth might be up next. But look I do want to thank members for their contributions. Mr McKelvie my parliamentary neighbour can I thank you for your contributions. Actually Mr McKelvie and I served as local representatives together when he was the Mayor of Manawatū District and I was a new city councillor for Palmerston North. I do know that he did ask about whether or not the interests or the declaration that I made for Palmerston North City Council was public or not. I can confirm that it says here The declaration will be made available for public inspection at any time." So he suggests that maybe Palmy city council is leading the way. Clearly the information that they require is well and above what other councils perhaps are seeking. I expect to hear from members of our community members from within the local government sector members from outside of the local government sector through the select committee process and I expect that because we are talking about communities of interest up and down the country that will want to have no doubt an opportunity to express their views.I want to thank Dr Webb for his contribution this evening. He actually reminded me about this dichotomy between personal views around a local government table and also the interests that a member might have. It reminded me actually around some of the comments that have been provided by the Auditor-General in some of those reports to the Governance and Administration Committee which deals with a number of public-facing reports for the local government sector. Actually Mr McKelvie I need to congratulate the member on becoming the chair of that select committee which I'm no longer a member of but clearly he will get amongst it in terms of these submissions. There was concern expressed in the Auditor-General's report around making available some information that's publicly available as well.I do want to touch briefly on the role of the registrar because the Hon Eugenie Sage in her contribution this evening touched on the desire for this not to be an additional administrative burden. That certainly is not the intention. The bill as it's currently drafted specifies that that person may be the chief executive of a local authority and it's drafted in that way because those from the sector will know that more often than not it's the chief executive who delegates that role or a number of roles—well actually all roles effectively—to officers of the authority. I do take the point though that perhaps through the select committee process there can be a conversation and some advice and feedback around what that might look like. But it's really really clear to me—and I want to confirm this point for the benefit of the House—it is not the responsibility of the registrar to do anything except effectively administratively receive it and make the information available. The bill as it's currently drafted indicates that it is not the responsibility of the registrar to ensure or remind members of local authorities that they are required to submit. It is not their responsibility to double-check what is in their return. It is the responsibility of the elected member themselves. I accept that through the select committee there are opportunities to look at some of the definitions that are in the bill including tidying up the reference—when this was drafted the Privacy Act was of a different numerical year so that needs to be changed. But I am looking forward to the hard-working members of the Governance and Administration Committee progressing this along with the community and reporting back to the House. So once again I thank members for their contributions this evening and support for my member's bill.Motion agreed to.Bill read a first time. Bill referred to the Governance and Administration Committee."