Lees-Galloway IainIAIN LEES-GALLOWAY (Labour—Palmerston North): I am getting thoroughly sick of hearing Government members stand up in this House and tell us that they support the intent of a bill and then vote against it because we actually have a system—this is breaking news for the members on the Government benches—in this Parliament that deals with exactly that. This is the first reading. At the first reading it is our decision: do we agree with the broad intent of this bill? If the answer to that is yes—which I heard from Barbara Kuriger. She supports the intent of this bill.Hon Member: So does Jo Hayes.IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY: I am not quite sure what Jo Hayes said—I never am—and Paul Foster-Bell he told us that this was a bill worthy of Parliament's consideration. Well if it is worthy of Parliament's consideration vote for it at first reading and send it to a select committee so that we can consider all the issues that you have raised so that we can listen to the officials so that we can listen to the experts and so that we can listen to—I am sure—the thousands of people who would want to come and submit on this bill. But the truth is—and the members opposite know it—they do not support equal pay. They do not support any moves to make our workplaces fairer for women. That is the truth of it because if it was anything different they would be voting for this legislation.Barbara Kuriger told us that she is voting against this bill because it does not solve the pay gap. This bill will not solve the pay gap so Barbara Kuriger is going to vote against it. Of course it does not solve the pay gap but if we applied that test to everything that would make some step towards reducing the pay gap we would not vote for anything. You would not have even gone into the pay equity settlement if you thought that that was not going—because it is not going to solve the pay gap. It is going to make a tiny tiny dent in the pay gap but it is a step in the right direction which is why it was the right thing to do and that is why voting for this legislation is the right thing to do.So do not come to this House and tell us that you support the ideals behind this bill. You do not because you are not voting for it. You do not support equal pay. You do not support better rights for women in the workplace because if you did you would be voting for this bill.Simon O'Connor: Why is he mansplaining this?IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY: There is an old saying and it is that—[Interruption] Si has. He has found a new word. He is a clever boy. He has found a new word and he is throwing it around as much as he can. There is an old saying which is that sunlight is the best disinfectant and that is what this bill seeks to do.That is all this bill seeks to do. It is to collect some data so that we have a better idea of what is driving the pay gap and so that we might be able to get employers and the people who are going through the employment process who are interviewing candidates and who make the pay offers to successful candidates to actually stop and think about some of those unconscious biases that do exist. It is simply a mechanism for getting us to stop and think about that—that is all—and yes it is part of the progress that we have to make towards closing the pay gap. It is not a difficult thing to do.I found even more disingenuous than the approach that the National members are taking towards their vote on this bill for Paul Foster-Bell to come here and say that he is worried about privacy breaches if we were to collect information about what men get paid and what women get paid. This is from a Government that wants to collect the names and personal details of victims of sexual violence. Those members are saying that they are concerned about the potential privacy breaches of collecting information about what people get paid. Well there is a word for that Mr Deputy Speaker and I do not want you to kick me out so I am not going to say it. But we all know what it is and we all know that that is what they are when they come to the House and make claims like that.I have got 1 minute left and I just want to say this because other members have mentioned pay equity. The pay equity settlement is the result of campaigning and work over a number of years by unionised workers. It has not come about from the largesse of the Government opposite. It was backed into a corner by a very savvy very comprehensive union campaign that gave it no option but to settle and I want to congratulate Kristine Bartlett and the unions involved in that pay equity settlement.But do you know what? I want to see more—not the legislation that the Government is bringing to stop that happening in the future. I want to see more settlements that make sure that not just women but all working people get decent pay get paid what they are worth—a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. That is what we stand for on this side of the House and that is why we are voting for this bill. They don't they won't and they know it.