Winston Peters Educates Ex-Greenie Darleen Tana

question seven Darlene tner thank you Mr Speaker my question is to the minister of oceans and Fisheries and asks does he agree with the statement by the Parliamentary commissioner for the environment that the resource management extended duration of coastal permits for marine Farms Amendment bill is a quote bill that is a case of a sledgehammer being used to crack a nut unquote and if if not why not uh the honorable ronal Wiston Peters on behalf of the minister no this bill responds to long-standing and widespread concerns by the agriculture sector about the costs and uncertainty and Mahi that means work associated with reconing processes for existing Marine farms under the resource management act this process of reconing is inhibiting agriculture growth these Marine Farmers many of whom are Mari don't want the unnecessary cost and uncertainty they want to be allowed to refocus their efforts on investment on jobs and on exports supplementary what does he say to councils and Os who consider that the national environmental standards for marine agriculture are working efficiently and effectively for rec consenting and that a blanket extension of consents for 1200 Marine Farms by a further 20 years is unnecessary well answering both those two questions the person who first drafted legislation is the Parliamentary commission for the environment namely Simon Upton this was in 91 he was told back then it wouldn't work it had to be P parts of it had to be fixed up to ensure that the kind of exports which we desperately need uh in a safe environment went ahead of course he's entitled to his opinion and so are those other councils excepting they're dramatically wrong why do we have n Taho waiting all this time and all this money so for our simple resource consent why do we have so many other precious operations which will bring wealth to our country to all sorts of people and parallel the biggest muscle Farm in the world now being built in aori in the Mari people down there why don't why don't we focus on that as being our purpose rather than this constant big city small-minded complaint supplementary how does he reconcile blanket consenting 12200 Marine Farms by another 20 years pushing aside environmental standards and upholding crowns obligations to T or wangi with free trade obligations and particularly chapters that relate to Modi of marine ecosystems and kak that is not a matter of reconciliation because when you stand up and by way of a question State a number of untruths and misnomers it requires no respons at all other than to say this this bill does not change or remove the existing R Provisions that manage considered activities existing Marine Farms will continue to operate under the conditions of their consent according to the RMA those are the facts that so-call critics should understand many Marine Farms cons sense of conditions that are consistent with Standard Environmental practice under the RMA the bill also provides councils with a one-off opportunity to review the conditions of any consent extended in duration under this bill to update them to improve the Environmental Management of the consented activity but the CEO of the ministry of primary industry is required to agree so that they do not stop people trying to progress in these difficult times from starting new jobs new export Industries and turning this economy around thank you