Macindoe TimHon TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West): Thank you very much indeed. Earlier National speakers have reiterated National's very strong concerns over this deeply flawed bill which is unwanted in many parts of the country.I particularly want to commend the very detailed thorough thoughtful analysis that we have had from Dr Shane Reti the MP for Whangārei and our tertiary education spokesperson this afternoon and indeed throughout the whole process of this bill. I have seldom in my 12 years as a member of this House seen a colleague engage so fulsomely so intelligently so thoughtfully in an issue and provide the leadership that he has. And I want to acknowledge that because it's been impressive. And to those who have attacked Dr Reti through this process I want to point out that he is a gentleman who engages—Chlöe Swarbrick: And a scholar.Hon TIM MACINDOE: —very thoughtfully. A gentleman and scholar. Yes I agree Ms Swarbrick. He is a gentleman and a scholar—and he's sitting right in front of me so I don't want to get him too puffed up but he has engaged very thoughtfully with institutes of technology right around the country. And I know how much that was appreciated in my own city of Hamilton where he met with representatives from Wintec. They have—Dr Shane Reti: A good polytechnic.Hon TIM MACINDOE: —huge confidence in him. It is a very good polytechnic as Dr Reti is stating and I want to thank him for that very constructive and thorough engagement. [Interruption] I'd like to write that into the record Dr Reti—ha ha—but that might be problematic at this point.This is a measure that uses a sledgehammer to crack a nut. It's a measure that tramples over property rights. It's a measure that treats all New Zealand polytechnics as failures when many including Wintec have very proud records of success.Hon Willie Jackson: So he's next in line. Hon TIM MACINDOE: It's a measure that has the potential Mr Jackson to do enormous damage to our tertiary education system and to our industry training organisations and to many communities especially in our smaller regional centres.Now last night I was present for the whole of the committee stage debate on this bill. In fact I had Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) 443 in my name seeking to exempt Wintec from the bill's provisions. My reason for doing it was on the grounds that Wintec is doing well. I'm a great believer that if something ain't broke you don't try to fix it. But I was only given one call in that committee stage of the debate.It's well established in our Standing Orders that on important measures members might—not will but might—enjoy up to four calls per part of a debate on a bill. Last night I took my first call and I spoke on some of the important provisions of Part 1. In particular I put questions to the Minister of Education that were not answered.I signalled that I wanted to speak in my second call on the SOP and I was not given the chance to do that. I think this is a very worrying development in this House because it's not the first time that members opposite haven't spoken and instead members have just wanted to shut down the debate with closure motions. They are doing a great disservice to our country on a measure of this magnitude when they don't engage in the debate and they simply look to shut it down.So let me conclude by saying this bill shouldn't pass today. At its very least the commencement date should be deferred until well after the people have spoken in this year's general election and the next Parliament has a chance to consider the verdict of the people. So therefore I supported last night the suggestion from Dr Reti that it should be deferred at least until a date in 2022.This is a very sad day for my region and for all who have contributed to the proud history of Wintec which dates back to 1924—so just four years short of our centenary—and which last year had 13000 students. I want to thank the chair and council and the acting chief executive and staff of Wintec for their very fine work over many many years. I am sorry that their fine work is being demeaned by this Government and undermined by this very poor bill. But I will continue to support and advocate for Wintec in whatever way I can in my capacity as Hamilton West's MP.