While numerous changes were made by the select committee in response to the submissions, the key provisions I have outlined were retained in order to mitigate the risk to the Crown and to the taxpayer. The situation with the Tūī permit, where the Crown stepped in to fund decommissioning at considerable cost to the taxpayer, highlighted the need for the greater protections this bill provides. However, I want this House to be assured that this bill is not a knee-jerk reaction to the Tūī situation, but it addresses a fundamental gap in the Crown Minerals Act and takes a longer-term view of what we need to do to improve our regulation of a changing sector. 