SpeechHARETE HIPANGO (National): Mōrena Madam Speaker and everybody. I stand to take the last call for the National Party on this Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2) because last week I spoke in the House with my colleagues again on another Education and Training Amendment Bill—which was not labelled (No 1). Little did we know we had (No 2) coming up! When I addressed the House on that matter it was quite clear that the principal Act which had been rushed through in haste in urgency last year—we made it very clear to the Government that in so doing you're actually diminishing and depriving the New Zealand public and our education sector of the value and the valued recognition and significance that ought to be given them in making sure to get things corrected. Here we are with an amendment bill (No 2).The detail of this amendment bill just affirms and reaffirms and confirms the rushed nature and aspect of the principal Act last year with reckless regard. I do say reckless regard" because the National Party—we cautioned the Government to take things at cautionary due diligence pace. Here we are with the (No 2) bill which is by no means minor and technical and short. It is 73 clauses long two parts four schedules and dare I say in total some 44 pages. That is not minor. It is very substantive substantial and significant. And these are further amendments fix it ups. So the substantive amendments to the principal Act are outlined in Part 1 and the previous speaker Ibrahim Omer tried to indicate that this is a minor amendment—far from it. In Part 1 there are 67 clauses; in Part 2 there are a further six clauses; and then there are the four schedules that follow thereafter. Nothing minor nothing insignificant.Turning to the bill—well actually turning to a Supplementary Order Paper to the bill which has been shut down in haste just yesterday—that Supplementary Order Paper for the benefit of the public is an amendment to the amendment bill. So again that just depicts—and in fact magnifies—that the Government continues to do things in haste haphazardly and without the due diligence that is required to those who give service in this specialist area of education and the education sector. A Supplementary Order Paper that is 13 pages long and that has some well dare I say it amendments to the additional—what did I say?—73 clauses which are amendments. A further approximated—I haven't counted but approximated—seven amendments to that 13 pages long. It is my submission that this is not respectful to those who are working in the education sector and I say it's not respectful because it wasn't necessary for it to be rushed under urgency last year. So here we are again looking to fix it up.I pick up from what my colleagues before me have spoken on—this very clearly in going through the detail of the amendment bill and the Supplementary Order Paper is about centralising. It's centralising taking away from the people out in the regions who are running not only businesses but the significant education of the communities whom they know—in this instance our children and importantly always our children. This is a Government who deems that as a Government there is the long reach and the strong arm of the Government telling our communities telling our people who know our communities best how and what to do. This is classic centralisation. As said it's been seen in the polytechnic sector—another education sector; in our health sector 21 DHBs. It's interesting to see how all the MPs particularly the Labour MPs in communities are going to actually front up to our communities to explain why they support the removal of our specialised health service the district health board from our communities. Further centralisation. We've seen it with the COVID health response Whānau Ora. We have the strong arm of Government telling our people how to do things because the Government knows best. And here we are with the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2).With the explanatory note it addresses the areas of aligning Police vetting provisions with safety checking requirements; the Children's Act—that is important so important it should have been dealt with in the first instance under the principal Act if our children are front of mind and the centre and purpose of this. Here we are: amendment bill (No 2). The amendment bill is also about strengthening Teaching Council disciplinary processes that's been dealt with and I do recall in the principal Act debate there was strong debate about that. And again getting it right here we are fixing it up. "Greater flexibility for the Government to regulate compulsory student services fees charged by tertiary education providers." There's a whole list—in fact it's several pages long—and that is a summary of what this amendment bill is about.The National Party opposes this amendment bill very much not because we undermine or devalue the education sector and the early childhood education sector and those people working within it but because we don't actually value the Government in haste shoving it under our noses with barely minimal time to look at it. The Supplementary Order Paper—undoubtedly the Government has the numbers like it always has on anything that comes before this House and as it deems for New Zealanders will make sure that this passes into law. This bill is going before the select committee which hopefully—hopefully—the Government will see fit to give our public sufficient and opportune time to have input and to listen to those who know better than those who sit in Government seats.It's all very well for a member from the Government to say that that person runs a small early childhood education centre in a small rural town and that the business is doing well. That was before this Supplementary Order Paper before this principal Act and before the amendment bill (No 2) which is before the House. Of course it's incumbent on a member within the Government to agree with what they're told to say and that all is well and rosy with this bill. It will be for the members of the public before the select committee to speak to those total of amendments: 73 clauses; 67 of those are substantive and substantial. Only six minor consequential clauses related to the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2) sector.So in closing it's very clear that in the National Party we value the interests of our children we value the interests of our business operators our educators and our local communities because there are people in our local communities who know better and know how best to serve the needs of our local communities rather than a Minister on high who delegates authority to officials and the bureaucracy. Leave it for our people to determine what best services their needs. The National Party opposes this. The Government has the numbers and so it is going to pass through to the follow-after stages."