Eagle PaulParts 1 and 2 schedule and clauses 1 to 3PAUL EAGLE (Labour—Rongotai): Thank you Madam Chair for allowing me to take a call on this bill. Look any bill that starts with the word Friendly" must have me involved. So even though I'm not a member of the infamous world-famous globally sophisticated Finance and Expenditure Committee they've got me in because I'm the Parliament's most friendly parliamentarian. That's all I needed to be here. It said "Friendly"—I'm there.Can I just thank Mr Stuart Smith. This is obviously your life's work a lifetime achievement. If nothing else gets achieved your passion your world will be achieved by adopting this. Look well done because it can take a long time and it has but there you are.I was somewhat disturbed when there was some unfriendliness by the ACT leader who spoke and started talking about unfriendly things. It started well when there were terms like "collective" and I thought it sounds even better when you say "collective bargaining". But we've got him to "collective" at least—that's a positive. He then mentioned the word "free" and I thought "Jeepers something's happened over recess." but none the less it was the same old. And no Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) 40—no no and no. And thanks to the hard-working member for Christchurch Central who's got a quote has come back with the proof and said "Look it's not as bad as what's being promoted." It's typical of free enterprise to start saying "We're trying to make things easier. We're trying to make things better." but it was just going to end in clutter confusion and horror and go against the whole impetus of this which is—as the MP next to me Dr Deborah Russell says—about mutuality which is actually the cornerstone of what's being proposed.I'm really happy that this clarifies the legal status to that of an incorporated society. That's what the submissions as a quick flick through told me—that they needed to have that because they were wanting to be modernised and brought into this century to be able to operate effectively.I was lucky enough like many of you who took the time to visit fire stations over the past month for International Firefighters' Day. During that time I visited four fire stations. It's always a pleasure seeing the—well I was going to say "Fire Service" but it's now Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ). But the thing I did get to talk about was the Firefighters Credit Union at the central fire station here in Wellington which I found by reading somewhere was born out of a night shift meeting there. I had a long chat with many long-serving members who actually took me through. They said "Look what's going on at Parliament?" "Heaps" I said. Then we were able to bring this up. I said "Look I have seen your name—I do sit on the Governance and Administration Committee where the Department of Internal Affairs the Fire Service Commission and FENZ report in to. But I have seen your credit union mentioned on another bill and what do you guys think?" They were pretty supportive and the great thing is that they tell you the stories about why. Members here in the Opposition have talked about that: why they got together the thrift impetus the ability to save in a trusted mechanism—that they were confident that they could get a return. It may not be much but they felt safe knowing that their mates collectively were contributing to a scheme and what's being proposed would enable that to continue and face the technological and other changes in the century ahead.So I'm happy that we're clarifying the legal status. I'm happy that we've got the mutuality component cornerstoned or underpinned in this legislation very happy that we haven't gone and got all sort of silly around putting SOPs and things like that and therefore I'm happy to commend this to the committee. Thank you Madam Chair."