SIMON COURT (ACT): Thank you, Mr Speaker. The ACT Party is pleased to be discussing this bill, although we do have a retention about how successful the intention of the bill might be, because it doesn't actually go and deal with some of the issues that submitters have raised. While it's important to recognise the bill goes some way to solve a problem to protect contractors' and subcontractors' retentions, there are other problems that this Government is ignoring when it has an opportunity, through reform of the Construction Contracts Act, to address these matters. We know that time for payment is a cash-flow issue for many contractors and subcontractors, and that the biggest client in New Zealand is the Government and it is their delays in paying contractors and therefore subcontractors which are leading to a lot of unnecessary pain and suffering in the supply chain that Government, and local government as well, have a role in.