Stanford EricaERICA STANFORD (National—East Coast Bays): Thank you Madam Chair. I want to return back to my previous contribution about cohort entry because I do feel that I raised some questions that the Minister didn't address and I want to hear further from him. But I want to pick up one thing in particular that the Minister said in his contribution directly after mine when he attempted to respond to some of the points that I brought up. One of the things that he mentioned that struck a chord with me was that he said that the cohort entry changes—our argument—are best for parents but not best for children.We heard this argued last night in the House by Tracey Martin where she argued that parents basically aren't making the choices that are good for their children; they're essentially making choices that are good for them and potentially their finances but not in the interests of the child. And I think that the Minister in the chair made a very similar point. He said that arguments are all based around what parents want and not what is best for the child. We put up a really strong argument last night and I'm doing that again today. We back parents to make the best decision for their child. And that might be a financial decision but this Government making that argument like they did last night and again today in the chair is putting a horrific amount of guilt back on parents who make decisions. They might be financial decisions but we back parents to make those decisions and they might be financial because they are making those decisions in the best interests of their family and their child. It might be that they need to go back to work. It might be that they need to avoid those early childhood education school fees but it actually might be that they know that their child is also ready to start school and we back them to make that choice.What the Minister in the chair said is very similar to what the Hon Tracey Martin said last night that basically for that period before a child is five and in their opinion not ready to go to school they don't back parents to make that choice. Yet they're quite happy for the parents to make a choice any time from five to six based on anything because they're quite happy for that; those two things don't marry up. I want the Minister to get up and actually answer the question: why doesn't he back parents to make the choice for a few weeks prior to a child turning five to start school? Why does he back parents to make the decision from five to six but not for just a mere few weeks before they turn six? Also furthermore I want the Minister to specifically answer the question: why doesn't he look at the wider report that's in recommendation 14 that he's based his argument on and back schools to use not the New Zealand Curriculum but Te Whāriki to mitigate any potential problem that he might have? Schools have that ability. We want to hear from the Minister why he doesn't back parents and why he said earlier that you know he believes that they might be making financial decisions and decisions that aren't in the interests of their child. Why is it necessary for this Government to step in and tell parents what's best for their children? Furthermore why doesn't he as outlined in this report back schools in that case to make that decision to use a different curriculum in a class—it might be a reception class for those new entrants? We've always said on this side of the House that we fully back parents to make that decision as to when to start their kid at school.One of the other points that the Minister raised was that you know for schools that have picked up the cohort entry option he basically said that now parents have got the choice either to start before five or after five but not on their fifth birthday. What I would argue is that now the only option that parents have got is after five. So they are furthermore limiting the choice. We've said over and over again that we back parents to make the right decision and we've always backed choice. We trust parents to know when their child should start school and we back schools to make the decision as to how to deal with those children who are starting before five because they have the tools to do so. Thank you.