O'Connor GregGREG O'CONNOR (Labour—Ōhāriu): It gives me great pleasure to speak on this bill. I was honoured by my colleague Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki to actually take my call on this bill. She's aware that I'm a father of a disabled son—that is why she invited me to do this. One thing that I might say is that as anyone who's been involved in the disability sector knows it's somewhat of a parallel existence that when you are confronted with day-to-day situations that normally we can get through without having to think about there's all of a sudden another criteria another threshold that must be met just to perform day-to-day duties. So that's why bills like this which do make some recognition of that need to parallel exist are important.There's another important part of this bill too that hasn't really been brought up today: that actually this will be very good for the bailiffs. I mean bailiffs are an often maligned group of people; however they are people who are out there just doing their job. Most of them I don't think leave school wanting to be bailiffs. It's something that many of the people who get into that job do because it's a way of putting food on the table. So this actually gives them that protection as well because the law as it stands as has been pointed out does require such bailiffs to make good judgment. But as we will know as lawmakers good judgment is one thing that while many of the courts have tried to define by precedent at the end of the day each situation will be taken on its merits. So now those bailiffs who are confronted with a situation who do end up having to exercise the powers that they do as bailiffs will now have the security of this bill to fall back on and say Actually we can't seize that vehicle we can't seize that motorcycle we can't seize that mobility device that is absolutely essential for that person that we are dealing with." So as I say spare a thought for those bailiffs and see that this is something that will certainly protect them. Again one of the previous speakers brought up the fact that there are bigger issues around where such a device or vehicle is put up as security in any way for a loan perhaps even a loan to actually obtain that vehicle in the first place. There may well be issues that I think the select committee as Dr Smith has pointed out may well have to address to ensure that happens at the same time. However it does—again I go back to what I said before about a bill like this—give cognisance through the difficulty added to life as a disabled person.There are those who have become disabled after a life where they were actually able to operate freely in society unencumbered. Those people probably get a better appreciation of how difficult it is than those who have never known any different. So it's essential that we as a House we as legislators where we find these gaps—and again I congratulate my colleague who has clearly through the situation exposed by Mr Tanginoa now stepped up seen that's a situation that does need repair that does need fixing. And you only have to hear the speeches here today—often when a bill like this comes before the House we sit back and think "Well how come nobody's ever thought of this before?"So going back to my first premise that assisting bailiffs and everyone involved in the whole of the seizure where we have distressed people—people financially distressed—and the timeliness of this bill also must be in mind because sadly post-COVID we are going into a different economic environment where there will be more financially distressed individuals who will have the inability to pay debts. The bailiffs will be busy—in fact it will be a bit of a growth industry I fear. So a piece of legislation like this that gives that protection to the bailiffs so they will know when they do go to a house and they do see a disability mobility vehicle out the front of the house—or that's what they've been sent there to seize—they will be able to pick up this piece of legislation and say "No well it's quite simple we can't." So I have no hesitation in commending this bill to the House."