The National Party has the luxury of controlling the special select committee set up to review the Emissions Trading Scheme and related matters, which will hasten the reform process as promised on Monday by Prime Minister John Key.
The committee will be chaired by United Future leader Peter Dunne and will include National MPs Craig Foss, Nicky Wagner, Paul Hutchison and Hekia Parata.
National will also have the support of Act New Zealand leader Rodney Hide.
Opposition members will be Labour MPs David Parker, Moana Mackey and Charles Chauvel with Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons.
One Maori Party MP will be named later.
Even without the support of the Maori MP, National will still be able to push through its reforms.
The only danger for National is in Mr Hide being unhappy about the reforms not going far enough.
He campaigned hard on "dumping the dopey emissions trading scam" during the election.
Mr Hide's inclusion on the committee, rather than another Act MP, indicates he will be taking a hard line during the negotiations and discussions.
Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee outlined the terms of reference of the committee in the House yesterday.
They include hearing views from trade and diplomatic experts on the international relations aspects of the issue and considering the prospects for an international agreement on climate change after Kyoto 1.
The committee would also have to produce a high-quality, quantified regulatory impact analysis to identify the net benefits or costs to New Zealand of any policy action.
It would also have to consider the impact on the New Zealand economy and New Zealand households of any climate change policies, paying regard to the weak state of the economy.
Mr Key said in the speech from the Throne that the purpose of the ETS review would be to ensure the reduction of emissions in ways that minimised the cost to New Zealand's society and economy.
The Government acknowledged that efforts to reduce emissions at home must be matched by efforts to reduce emissions abroad.
It said it would honour its Kyoto Protocol obligations and would work to achieve further global alliances that built on the goals agreed to at Kyoto.
It agreed to work with other countries on finding a pragmatic way to include large emitters like China, the United States, India and Brazil.
