Pugh MaureenMAUREEN PUGH (National): Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker—Hon David Parker: So they get away with it.MAUREEN PUGH: It is my pleasure to stand in support of the Taxation—Hon David Parker: Point of order Mr Speaker.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): No I am going to deal with the member first. First of all he should not chip my rulings like that but I am going to take the bait that he has offered to me. The member has the opportunity until 2 o'clock on Tuesday to write a letter.Hon David Parker: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Not one breach of privilege complaint by the Opposition has been accepted by the Speaker in the last 9 years of this Parliament.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): I call Maureen Pugh.MAUREEN PUGH: Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. As I said it is a great pleasure for me and a source of pride to stand in support of the Taxation (Budget Measures: Family Incomes Package) Bill in its third and final reading today. As we stand here today it is Pink Shirt Day and perhaps we should refer to it as Red Face Day" because the Labour Opposition members have found themselves isolated on this debate. They are in fact on an island—an island—cast away on a desert island. Perhaps we should call them the "Robinson Crusoe Party" because every other party in this House is supporting this bill such is the support and the recognition that it has for the hard-working low to middle income earners in this country.I must say that Labour members have been spinning their own butts off today in referring to this bill because they have been talking about one aspect in isolation. I remind the member on the other side of the House that this is a package and the package includes a whole lot of stuff that benefits those low to middle income people. This Family Incomes Package is as my colleague said earlier the centrepiece of this Budget for 2017. There is $2 billion worth of investment in this package and 1.3 million families are going to benefit in some way; not 1.3 million people but families. From 1 April next year the $14000 income threshold will increase to $22000 and the $48000 threshold will increase to $52000. That puts real money into the pockets of Kiwis. So for a couple on an average wage they will be benefiting by $41 a week and that is significant to low to middle income working families.Also part of this package are the changes to Working for Families and those changes will see around 310000 low to middle families—not individuals families—with children under 16 years of age benefiting. There will be $9.25 a week for their first child under 16 and either $17.75 or $26.81 for subsequent children depending on their age. That is a significant addition to their incomes. Substantially more support is included in this package for households through the accommodation supplement—and we have heard a lot of debate about that today from the Opposition. What they forget when they talk about the rents and the rental properties is that most of them are owned by mum and dad investors who are putting that aside for their retirement. The accommodation supplement rate that is included in the family income package which we are debating today—The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): No we are not. MAUREEN PUGH: Ah the bill—the taxation bill.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): And just to make it clear it is not included. MAUREEN PUGH: Right—thank you Mr Assistant Speaker.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Right we have established that.MAUREEN PUGH: Yes. So the accommodation supplement rate for a two-person household will go up between $25 and—The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Order! The member will resume her seat. I am going to give her one last chance. I think she has had three warnings now. Some of them were non-verbal but she saw them. The member will now speak to the bill.MAUREEN PUGH: Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. I also understand that from 1 April next year New Zealand superannuation will go to $622 a week.Kris Faafoi: That's not in this bill either.MAUREEN PUGH: Oh. This is a fantastic bill. We have heard today that the contents of this package for Kiwis are absolutely superb and I commend it to the House."