Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (National): In many ways the speech just given by the previous speaker, Paul Eagle, points to the ridiculous nature of this particular bill. He spoke about council-controlled organisations being stacked full of appointees. Well, many of those appointees in actual fact are—all of them, I would say—appointed because they have some degree of expertise. It's quite interesting that he points out CCL, which is well chaired by Mr Barry Bragg, who happens also to be Ngāi Tahu but is primarily appointed because he is a very capable individual. I'm sure that when that previous speaker advances his own intentions with regards to local government in the next few months, he will equally be successful and nothing to do with the fact that he is Māori. 