DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I rise on behalf of ACT in opposition to this Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. This bill was described by Nicola Willis of the National Party as coming from an "unusual bipartisan process". Well, that is entirely accurate. Neither Labour nor National has any credibility on the issue of housing. That's why they've decided to abandon attacking each other. Like tired boxers at the end of a fight, they've gone into a clinch. It's boring for the spectators but much safer for them. The problem with this extremely unusual bipartisan process is that the secrecy between Labour and National meant they couldn't tell anyone else they were doing it, and the result of that is that people like, say, Chris Darby, the chair of the planning committee at Auckland Council, wasn't asked, wasn't consulted, and wasn't even given a pre-announcement briefing before it went out, contrary to the Government's memorandum of understanding with councils. This total lack of consultation has meant that the policy is going to fail. Because if they'd asked, they would have been told some very basic things. It's a shame the policy's going to fail, because the problem they're trying to tackle is a worthwhile one to try and tackle.