Hon SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): Thank you, Mr Speaker. It's a rare thing for me to say in this House it's a pleasure to follow the deputy chair of the Environment Committee, but on this occasion I am, because I think she's very neatly and concisely outlined the broad detail of this piece of legislation. It's because on this side of the House we believe in the principle of limited government, it's because on this side of the House we believe it's about individual freedoms and choice, it's because on this side of the House we believe in competitive enterprise, and it's because we believe in sustainable development and strong families and communities that we have accepted the invitation that came from the environment Minister, David Parker, and the housing Minister, Megan Woods, to engage with the Government on a piece of legislation that will be quite instrumental in years to come in solving what has been a decades-old housing emergency—some call it a crisis. Whatever you like to label it, it's a real issue for many, many New Zealanders who simply haven't been able to have an opportunity to buy their own home in some of our largest cities.