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Georgina Beyer on Masterton District Council (Montfort Trimble Foundation) Bill (Third Reading)
3 December 2003



GEORGINA BEYER (Labour—Wairarapa): I move, That the Masterton District Council (Montfort Trimble Foundation) Bill be now read a third time. In seeking the third reading, I acknowledge the wide-ranging debate and discussion that have occurred on the bill. More seriously, I thank, first of all, the Masterton District Council for bringing the bill forward and taking the initiative to have the Montfort Trimble Foundation established so that it may do what it desires to do. In the second reading debate I complimented the Local Government and Environment Committee on its deliberations. Notwithstanding that the committee had to seek an extension of time, which I was happy to acquiesce to at one stage, there was a slight delay towards the end, as was mentioned in a previous debate. However, we are at the third reading, and I am most grateful, as I am sure the people of the Masterton district are—most certainly, the mayor and councillors of the Masterton District Council are—to members of this Parliament, who have supported almost unanimously, I would say, the passage of the bill. It shows a great faith in the Masterton district and the purposes of the bill.

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