Hon TODD McCLAY (National—Rotorua): Mr Speaker, thank you. I have a question for members of this Government: when this legislation is passed, what actual effects is it going to have upon the cost of living and the cost of food in New Zealand in the short or medium term? Sadly, the answer is: next to nothing. Jamie Strange, the last speaker in the debate, said he didn't want to take too much time and that we had to pass it into law—we needed to quickly pass it into law so that virtually nothing will happen. Now, that's not to say that we're not supporting it—there are anomalies in the law that make it difficult for competitors to enter the market—but if you go and have a look at actually why food is so expensive in New Zealand at the moment, the supermarkets will be a part of that, but they will only be a part of it. Actually, the role that the Government plays in creating regulation and, therefore, cost as quickly as they can is the larger part of why food is expensive—and too expensive in this country. 