Logie JanJAN LOGIE (Green): Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. I rise to take a short call on behalf of the Green Party on the third reading of the Families Commission Act Repeal Bill. The Green Party along with every other party in this House is supporting this piece of legislation which is quite a specific piece of legislation. It's not seeking to change the world; it is just seeking to repeal the Families Commission Act of 2003 and to disestablish the Families Commission and transfer the residual assets and liabilities to the ministry.The Green Party while we've heard a lot of support for the work of the Families Commission in the House this evening and in previous speeches—and I would like to note my appreciation for their work and note that we were pleasantly surprised in the Green Party to see some really positive work come out of the Families Commission. We didn't support the establishment of the commission in the beginning in 2002 and believed that the work could have been done within existing ministries. We would have preferred to have seen the money—the $28 million that it was at that time—being spent on specific initiatives to improve child well-being and address child poverty. I still stand by that actually because we know that this should be core business for all of our ministries to think of the well-being of our children and our families and to support the delivery of those great initiatives. What else are our Government social agencies there for if it's not to do that as well as support other people obviously? So it is interesting to see this come full circle now to a point of consensus across this House that actually yes this is core business of Government agencies and isn't something that should be put into a separate agency out on its own.However over time I do want to acknowledge that the Families Commission—while there was some concern at the time when it was established that it might have been a force that was being set up to try and limit our understanding of what a family is and to be able to push a particular agenda that didn't match the diversity of our families within Aotearoa in actual fact the reality was pleasantly opposite to that. In fact the commission championed recognition of different family structures and the diversity within our communities and I really do want to thank them for that work. It has been really important for us as a country and I am sure and have confidence now that that work will continue.In the Social Services and Community Committee there were people who did raise concerns to make sure that the work that was being sheltered under the social policy evaluation and research unit would continue and it's great to see that it will within agencies. To single out the Family Violence Clearinghouse their work will be now sponsored by the Ministry of Justice and will of course continue because it is vitally important that we have a group with the specific role of having oversight of research around family violence and to disseminate that information. There's also been a lot of discussion around the Hub and the Social Investment Agency in this House tonight. That role too will continue. I do want to just say that I've heard some speakers from the National Party saying tonight Data data where would we be without data?" as if we can't make good decisions without a social investment approach—that we've never had such a thing as research that informed our decision making and that data could somehow fix people or fix families. I just want to put on record that I really just think that's—I've got a word that's coming to my mind that's probably not parliamentary so I'm going to try and find another one. I think that's rubbish. There—that's a much better description. Actually what we know works is—actually we've got really really good social science around how we relate to people and what's going to help families and people heal.Kieran McAnulty: What word were you thinking? Was it "useless"? Was it "hopeless"? Was it "pointless"?JAN LOGIE: No it was much worse than that I'm sorry. "Pointless" I was hearing coming from there. "Pointless"—but no it was worse than that and I'm going to restrict myself to "rubbish".Kieran McAnulty: It was "terrible" wasn't it?JAN LOGIE: Oh it was worse than "terrible" I'm sorry—yes.We've got good research and I do just want to point out the inconsistency where we were hearing from the National Party that it was all about the data and the data informed the decision making. That is the party that oversaw record levels of homelessness in the country. That should have shown up in the research. That is the party that shut down funding for home insulation when the data told us that that was an economically socially and environmentally smart initiative. So it just seemed like it was a lot of window dressing to me to actually abdicate responsibility for making good decisions to support our communities and families.I am pleased to see that on this side of the House we're getting back to actually dealing with the problems and admitting that they're problems and putting plans in place to deal with them rather than the hiding behind—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Order! Can we have less of the cross-kōrero going on please. I can't hear.JAN LOGIE: And it was such a good speech that everyone would want to hear wouldn't they? Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker—amazing. So on that note I think I will finish my contribution and just say that the Green Party are happy to support this piece of legislation.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Before I give the next call can I say to Mr King and Mr McAnulty that the use of the personal pronoun "you" brings the Speaker into the debate whether it's in the speech or within interjections across the House—please cease."