Logie JanJAN LOGIE (Green): In my contribution I would like to just riff loosely off the previous speaker Todd Muller and add a contribution to this House that may help fill that gaping hole that is going to be left for the country with the leaving of John Key. It is a contribution that will hopefully help build optimism in the country and restore our belief in our ourselves and our potential as a country. I am of course talking about my member's bill which was drawn from the ballot last week to provide workplace protections for victims of domestic violence. It is a bill that I would like to commend to all political parties that have aspirations to lead after the next election and to all those many National Government members who are vying for the leadership of their party.The reason I believe this bill will help all of you out is that Colmar Brunton research that was done this year on New Zealanders' concerns had at the very top of the list violence in society. Among the top 10 concerns of New Zealanders were (1) violence in society; (2) the increasing cost of living; and (3) the protection of New Zealand children. My member's bill will address all of those concerns. We also know that this member's bill is being supported by The Warehouse the Auckland chamber of commerce many different businesses across the country the Human Rights Commission all of the unions—the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions as well as other unions—the National Council of Women and the 290 community organisations that are part of the National Council of Women as well as of course Women's Refuge and Shine. So there is massive support for these interventions.The reason is of course pretty obvious sadly: we have an epidemic of intimate partner violence in this country. In 2014 the year of the last statistics we have every 5½ minutes the police were being called out to a family violence incident. One in three women in this country is likely to experience intimate partner violence in her lifetime. This is having a massive impact on the lives of thousands of people right now and on their families and it is impacting on workplaces. Research tells us that this is costing at a very conservative estimate about $368 million every year in lost productivity in our workplaces. That is because of the impact of that violence and our lack of systems to respond to it in the workplace. My bill addresses—The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Order! I am talking to Dr Woods and ask her to sit down. Thank you.JAN LOGIE: Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. That was very helpful. My bill addresses that concern and it supports businesses to be able to reduce the impact of that violence on their work colleagues and on their workplaces. We also know from overseas research that 70 percent of people needing a sole parent support benefit are likely to be leaving a violent relationship. This is probably the key driver of the need for people to receive income support internationally and it is probably the same in New Zealand.If we want to increase productivity in our workplaces reduce the need for welfare and the costs on the Government because of that and most importantly provide victims of domestic violence with pathways to safety and protections in the place where they are most vulnerable when they leave a violent relationship—because if they are leaving a relationship and they are still in work then that is the place their abuser knows where to find them—that is the place where they are most at risk. Significant research shows that women are stalked in their workplaces either by phone or outside that workplace so it is a dangerous place and time for victims particularly when they are trying to leave. I commend my member's bill to everyone in this House to make a real difference on an issue New Zealanders really care about.The debate having concluded the motion lapsed.