Watch live: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks after Cabinet meeting on first day back from recess

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Resource Management Act reforms will make building infrastructure easier, faster and more affordable.But opposition parties warn the changes could make the system more unworkable, and dilute environmental protections.The select committee reports also pointed to an independent report finding the regulatory relief scheme it sets up could cots up to about $2b.The reports detail 142 pages of changes to the government's proposed reforms to the Resource Management Act which includes a "regulatory relief" scheme that would see landowners compensated by councils for changes that affect them.This included the removal of a clause requiring that use and development of the environment must be kept "within environmental limits".Labour in its minority report raised a number of concerns, saying the party supported the legislation - which somewhat resembled the bills it passed in the last Parliament - through its first reading in the hope that improvements could be made."Unfortunately, almost all policy decisions made during the select committee process have made the bills even more unpalatable and unworkable," the party said."The bills are an embarrassment-National could have worked with us to amend Labour's legislation but instead they chose to start again with something full of campaign slogans that will end up costing all New Zealanders and the environment."The Greens raised similar concerns, particularly over what they said was the dismantling of environmental protections.