Davidson MaramaHon MARAMA DAVIDSON (Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence): Kia ora Madam Speaker. I really want to congratulate Angie Warren-Clark who we know has a strong robust experience and commitment of longstanding both to safe responses to domestic violence family violence and also the prevention work. I was really pleased when earlier on and last year we were able to have the conversations about getting this bill through the House. So I'm rapt it's here. Of course it absolutely aligns with making sure our legislation and our laws are cognisant of the harm of family violence and how we can perpetuate that as a system as laws and how the laws can actually cause further damage. So this is ka pai and of course the Greens will be supporting it.One of the key principles our responsibilities must recognise is how important it is to empower and protect victims of family violence and that our laws should never enable abusers by leaving victims of family violence tied to abusive relationships—of course in this case for two years or in some cases longer. Being forced to remain in those relationships it also sends unfortunately an abusive message to the rest of our community about what people and women are supposed to put up with. So it's really important that we all support this bill.There was a particular part of the legislation—and I really look forward to the conservations particularly with the member about the evidence requirements. And I did want to draw to the attention of the House for example that in the residential tenancy space we have amended the Residential Tenancies Act so that a victim of family violence can withdraw from their tenancy with a much shorter notice—I believe it's two days. That allows for people once again in abusive relationships to not be tied down by legislation to those relationships and living circumstances. And I'll be really upfront; I am not aware of where the conversations have landed to date. I can see in the bill that currently the evidence requires a protection order or an order under the Sentencing Act or the order itself. I know the member understands this and has currently still really strong relationships with the sector. It will be really good for us to be able to work with the sector on evidence and understand their expertise and their guidance about the burden of evidence and making sure we have the right balance.I'm aware that we all want to be wary of willy-nilly applying for dissolution of marriage and divorce etc. but that's not a big risk to be afraid of. I think it takes a lot. It's actually more the case that victims of abuse in abusive relationships actually just find it hard to speak up at all—to make changes at all. So I do look forward to seeing whether or not we are able to make sure that we aren't placing undue burden on what the legislation currently includes as sufficient evidence. I'm really pleased that in the tenancy withdrawal example victims can work with doctors their GPs with family violence organisations and expertise to get written evidence and written support. Basically it makes it much easier. We all know we all understand how hard it can be for protection orders and orders under the Sentencing Act for example. So just wanting to make sure that that threshold of evidence doesn't place an undue burden. [Tāmati Coffey stands to take the call] Oh look at that. I really commend this bill to the House.