Hipango HareteHARETE HIPANGO (National): Thank you Mr Chair. Minister Little this evening I too have sat and listened and rise to take this call in my spokesperson role for children. When I turn to the title of this bill Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill of course my mind and my heart turn to: where's the children's interest in this bill? And interestingly Minister this morning on the Social Services and Community Committee there was scrutiny of the oversight of the Oranga Tamariki systems bill the Oranga Tamariki Amendment Bill. At a cursory glance at the bill I am concerned that there is no reference to or mention of the future of our country Aotearoa New Zealand: our children. We have a ministry in Oranga Tamariki. This pae ora" bill is about the healthy futures. So Minister I invite due consideration particularly in relation to clause 10 which is the overview of the Minister's role; particularly subpart 5 of Part 2 which is under debate this evening "Key health documents" from clause 29; and then particularly "Health strategies" from clause 37 onwards—detecting denoting Minister with the Supplementary Order Paper that was filed under your name this evening the inclusion of the rural communities and also of women with a women's health strategy. And then there has been discussion more recently this evening in terms of aged care our older generation.So Minister in my spokesperson role for children I am concerned and particularly note Minister you did make mention in reference of the collaborative approach that has been taken with other Ministers—the Minister for Māori Development; seated beside you is the Associate Minister of Health (Māori Health) also the Minister for Whānau Ora; and also one is expectant that there may well have been a discussion with your colleague the Minister for Children. They are our future and it is important that there is a healthy future and this bill is named that—Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill. Minister also may I just allude to the importance of across the public sector the strategy that this Government has engaged and implored and required in terms of a child-centric approach to the formulation of policy—Government policy—but also legislation. So I turn to child impact assessments. The Minister for Children has indicated in terms of child-centric legislation—the oversight of Oranga Tamariki systems bill that is under scrutiny at the moment—the importance to use the child impact assessment tool when developing policy and legislation that impacts children. So Minister I am concerned and I do invite you in your position of responsibility in the ministry to turn one's mind in the formulation of a new health system in the formulation of new health legislation to ensuring that there is an element of child-centric approach to that with a strategy. It's been particularly identified the relevance and significance of women's health; and again Minister I invite and reiterate and emphasise the importance of children's health.Just concluding my kōrero thus far I just happened to turn to a whakataukī which is relevant in terms of the old net being cast aside—which is what's being done in terms of the design of the health system primary and secondary healthcare—and the new net being cast. And the kōrero whakataukī is ka pū te ruha ka hao te rangatahi [And the proverb states the old fishing net is cast aside and the new net goes fishing.]So Minister I implore the importance of a child-centric approach with a strategy of health to encompass to embrace our children our youth our tamariki our rangatahi. Kia ora."