Lorck AnnaANNA LORCK (Labour—Tukituki): Thank you Madam Speaker. What a good bill to talk about. Earlier today I spoke to my 12-year-old daughter Livia and she said What are you going to be doing in the House today Mum?" and I said "I'm going to be talking about this and speaking in support of the Human Rights (Disability Assist Dogs Non-Discrimination) Amendment Bill." which really means taking the term "guide dog" and calling for the words to be put in that this is going to be for disability assist dogs. She asked the question "What's the difference between a disability and an assist dog?" and my colleague Angie Warren-Clark spoke before and said that it will be good to talk about the difference in those names and what they mean. But one of the things that Livia talked to me about was "Isn't this a good bill to learn about how we go about things in Parliament?" We will see this go through with pace but it's also going to be a good bill for people to engage in. It's one of those ones that I actually think that for people who are maybe even interested in Parliament—we've got Youth Parliament coming through—we might see the serious side as well around discrimination with disability.Man's best friend being a dog I was surprised to actually understand when I read this that there was this level of discrimination in a time like this where we can have dogs on buses but to then hear about people who are looking to rent a property and being discriminated about because their disability assist dog can't come with them. To me man's best friend does a lot of good work for us. They're an animal that we have learnt over generations to guide us train us and work with us whether they're farm dogs whether they're guide dogs or whether they are working in areas of even border security. This is the first reading of this bill. It's going to be one that I do think will get a lot of interest. It's great to see in the House today that everybody is speaking in favour of this bill. It's good to see those points that are going to come through: what this bill will practically mean what it will mean for our wider conversation around disability and working with people and ensuring that discrimination is no longer. We do have a way to go and this will be an opportunity to talk more and more about those issues and as we go through that process it will be good to see hopefully a few of the dogs come in to select committee. Wouldn't that be fun? It would be good to see. We have dogs in Parliament and I'm sure that the people that come through will be welcomed with the dogs. We're not going to the dogs. I mean there might be some people across the House that are going to the dogs but when it comes to this debate and this bill it's going to be one that's going to bring unity to the House. It's going to be one that I think we'll see interest in from all walks of life and that's what's going to be great about this bill. In doing so I know that when I go back and talk to Livia it's going to be one that she will watch with interest because sometimes when we're in Parliament we talk about very complicated matters but Livia is going to enjoy this one. In fact I'm going to encourage her and her friends to write a submission because wouldn't it be great? These 12-year-olds that are getting jabbed for COVID and protecting the country; next thing they'll be making submissions on things like this and we're going to see that younger generation engaging in good policy and practice. It's a good bill. I'm absolutely pleased to see that it's finally come in here that it's been pulled out of the ballot and that we can have a good positive debate. Thank you for that. I'm looking forward to the Opposition as well taking part in this positively. Thanks for this—thank you Madam Speaker. I commend this bill to the House."