Dean JacquiHon JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki): Thank you Madam Speaker. It's a little dispiriting to hear the Minister Phil Twyford offer his view that he has no faith in the Resource Management Act (RMA) being worked up by his colleague the Hon David Parker as he said only a couple of minutes ago here in this House. The Minister expressed the lack of faith in his colleague and the lack of faith in a major piece of work being undertaken by his Government which has been signalled right from the get-go of this unfortunate term of Parliament. We have yet to see any result but even before we have seen any proposals from Minister Parker we hear Phil Twyford—and I'm just not quite sure what title he has these days; it's shifted a little. Oh urban development there we are—urban development Minister. I think it is his number four role—slightly smaller and smaller each and every time. But to display such a lack of faith in his own Government Minister colleague's RMA reform does not bode well for that policy process—to admit in this House that even the RMA he said and I paraphrase couldn't deal with the complexity of large-scale projects that are the intended beneficiaries of this Urban Development Bill and its processes.Therein lies the problem with this whole piece of work this whole suite of bills that this Government has brought to the House and has signalled that are being brought to the House. It is a chocolate box. It is a pick and mix of processes that developers individuals can pick from in order to undertake any kind of housing roading or infrastructure work in New Zealand. Is that a step forward? Not in my view. If you want to undertake a large and complex development go ahead: you go for the Urban Development Act. If you are a small developer go ahead: go for the COVID-19 fast-track RMA Act—or its precise name. If you need funding no problem: go to the Infrastructure Funding and Financing Bill process which is also going through the House. If all that fails no problem: David Parker is bringing forward RMA reform. He's well advanced in his work—Hon Scott Simpson: He says.Hon JACQUI DEAN: —he says—but the Minister certainly hasn't released the independent report on the RMA that we're all looking for. So what is it to be if a developer seizes Tauranga in its sights and wants to undertake some large-scale complex development which involves roading it might involve some commercial properties it might involve infrastructure water waste water all of those things? No problem—all it has to do is to make an application to undertake—Hon Shane Jones: What's the name of this bill?Hon JACQUI DEAN: Ha ha! Well for Shane Jones' information: Mr Jones this is the Urban Development Bill that we are discussing today and we are in the third reading. I'll say it again: we're in the third reading of the Urban Development Bill. I'll actually just address some of the problems that this side has with this Government. It's not just the RMA reform which is a chocolate box pick and mix selection; oh no we've got the Provincial Growth Fund don't we? No plan no idea and a bit afraid they're going to lose places like—well their place in the House. So their solution is not a plan for all this; their solution is a pick and mix a chocolate box of little dollops of money spread liberally around the country where they want the votes. But I digress.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): Just a little.Hon JACQUI DEAN: I just want to pull a quote from Phil Twyford around the second reading of this Urban Development Bill—Shane Jones—and I quote from Twyford: This bill gives"—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): Please refer to members by their correct name.Hon JACQUI DEAN: —"Kāinga Ora the tools and the mandate"—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): The Hon Jacqui Dean.Hon JACQUI DEAN: —"and the duties to initiate"—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): The Hon Jacqui Dean.Hon JACQUI DEAN: —"facilitate"—I beg your pardon?ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): You knew I was talking; you carried on talking. That's very disrespectful. You will refer to the Minister by his correct name not just his surname.Hon JACQUI DEAN: I thought I said "Minister Twyford".Hon Member: No you've got to say "the Hon Phil Twyford".Hon JACQUI DEAN: I beg your pardon Madam Speaker—the Hon Phil Twyford.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): That's better.Hon JACQUI DEAN: So Minister Twyford wasn't acceptable? Just as a point of order.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): That's correct; it's not his name.Hon JACQUI DEAN: OK. Thank you. So speaking from the second reading the Hon Phil Twyford told the House that this bill gives Kāinga Ora the tools and the mandate and the duties to initiate to facilitate and to undertake a special type of complex transformational urban development. We're talking about projects that entail the building of whole new communities on a scale that would deliver thousands—thousands—of new dwellings. Where have we heard that before? Where have we heard the promise of thousands and thousands of new dwellings in this house?Hon Members: KiwiBuild.Hon JACQUI DEAN: Of course it is; it's KiwiBuild. The Hon Phil Twyford is the author of the KiwiBuild project for building thousands and thousands of homes; he has utterly failed in that regard. To date he has built around 400—a fail. That record the Hon Phil Twyford does not give rise to any confidence on this side of the House that this Government has any ability to fulfil the promise of the Urban Development Bill.I leave the House with one last thought—not entirely just for this bill—to note that the Hon Phil Twyford has just dropped a new National Policy Statement on Urban Development today. In the context of this Urban Development Bill it matters because what this new policy statement on urban development provides for is that tier 1 cities—that's the big ones—will now not be able to set building height limits of less than six storeys in city centres and—this is really interesting—they will end minimum car park requirements. So how does that fit in with the consultative enabling nature of the provisions in the Urban Development Bill? It doesn't. Once again here is this Government being entirely prescriptive. It knows what it wants. It wants urban density. It wants to go up and it wants to get very very dense.This Urban Development Bill process is lengthy. It is costly. It is no improvement on the RMA. We look forward to seeing some proper real work on the RMA. We do not support this bill."