Doocey MattMATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): It is a pleasure and an honour to rise in wholehearted support of the Children Young Persons and Their Families (Advocacy Workforce and Age Settings) Amendment Bill in its third and final reading. Just to pick up from when that last speaker Peeni Henare resumed his seat he used the phrase that the system was inherently broken". I think the Minister—and I acknowledge the work of the Hon Anne Tolley—has been very clear from the outset around this bill and future legislation that the system is broken. I do not think we can go through another reform. There have been enough reforms well traversed in this House over the course of this bill and that is why this bill seeks to bring in a root and branch review of an inherently broken system. We hear things from the expert advisory panel when it makes statements like "We did not know whether we were causing more harm by removing our vulnerable young people from their families into State care." We did not know whether we were causing more harm.That is why it is disappointing to hear from the Opposition that it will not be supporting this bill tonight. I mean what do you come into politics for if it is not to support the vulnerable? What do you come into this House for if it is not to support the vulnerable? What do you seek to do in Parliament if it is not to support the vulnerable?It is this Government that supported the vulnerable over the course of this last term. If it is not getting more vulnerable into work and getting young people out of benefit-dependent families then it is increasing the benefit—for the first time in 43 years—and now bringing in legislative change that will put vulnerable young people at the heart of a service that will seek to make a difference in their lives. That is what this bill is about. So I acknowledge the hard work of the Hon Anne Tolley and of course the chair of the Social Services Committee. When you look at the facts—OK the departmental report said that out of the 22 submissions all submissions supported the intent of the bill. All submissions—only 22 submissions and they all supported the intent of the bill. That is in the departmental report.So what this bill seeks to do is not only increase the State care of these vulnerable young people from 17 to 18 but put them at the centre of the decision making not only of the care planning meetings but at the preparatory meetings as well putting them at the heart of it but also providing the ability to bring in specialist care. For some of these vulnerable young people we need to make a change and the way you make a change is by bringing therapeutic skill sets in—psychology psychotherapy—as well as bringing in an advocacy service. Let us remind ourselves of some of these vulnerable young people: seven out of 10 will leave school with no qualifications; 90 percent will be on a benefit before the age of 21; six in 10 young men will have corrections sentences by the age of 21 and 21 percent will have received a custodial sentence. This is a brave step to addressing as the previous speaker said a system that is inherently broken and I wholeheartedly support it to the House. Thank you."