Dean JacquiHARETE HIPANGO (National): Thank you and following on from my parliamentary colleague Sarah Pallett in her previous profession as a midwife I certainly acknowledge the contribution given to the Education and Workforce Committee and also the submitters members from the public who genuinely expose ourselves. And not having sat or served on the select committee but having read the report and the detail of the submissions that have been made particularly for the amendment within new Schedule 3A inserted by Schedule 2 to the bill specifying—with clarity with specificity—the nature of the injuries to women who are birthing children to now be covered and treated under this Accident Compensation (Maternal Birth Injury and Other Matters) Amendment Bill.Being a short call and being one of the last speakers in the House to address this matter today I've listened with particular interest and note the debates the contributions of previous speakers. I harken back to the days in the 1980s when I studied law and the Accident Compensation Corporation Act—as it was then—we studied that. And my colleague the Hon Michael Woodhouse made mention of the royal commission inquiry in 1967 which initiated the bill that was passed into law—the Accident Compensation Act—on 1 April 1972 48 years ago which came into operation on 1 April 1974. So hearing my colleague Michael Woodhouse talk about the royal commission of inquiry—the chair of that inquiry I do recollect as a law student was Sir Owen Woodhouse. And the legislation of the day—internationally New Zealand was a trailblazer in that regard.I always try and make a correlation from personal experience too and having listened to Sarah Pallett as a former midwife speaking—I remember when I gave birth to one of my three children over 30 years ago and the midwife who was helping with his delivery. He was an unexpected home birth my son—and the midwife regrettably as a result put her back out; so no doubt she lodged a claim for ACC as a result of a slipped disc.But little did I know that my son at the time had a heart defect and that was detected later. And the law didn't allow at the time—and certainly he received the appropriate treatment. However a number of we women in the House who have birthed children some of us have been physically traumatised; some of us have been mentally traumatised. The mental trauma can prolong and endure and those elements have been addressed in the minority view of the Green Party. And appropriately I raise that because this week is Mental Health Awareness Week. So those are elements to factor in perhaps in due course; in time.But I do commend the members from the public who have been through those personal experiences. And harkening back again as a woman as a mother there was some physical trauma that I endured that perhaps if this legislation were available at the time the treatment would have been made available.I'm just going to move on again to something else. Just in terms of the process as a lawyer I represented a number of ACC claimants and I had a brief word with my colleague the Hon Michael Woodhouse a former Minister of the ACC. And I acknowledge Minister Sepuloni in terms of leading this legislation with commendable amendments—particularly addressing the birth trauma and what people go through. I picked up the reference to babies who suffer injuries as a result of the birthing process as well but I'm going to come back to matters of process. As a lawyer representing claimants but also having lodged a claim as a practising lawyer myself in medical misadventure—the process wears many people down. And undoubtedly there's a correlation between whether people have a valid claim or not. And speaking with my colleague in the hall before coming into the Chamber there is an issue that does need to be taken into consideration. Many people are not eligible for legal aid when appealing decisions by the ACC authorities. So that's something to harken and bear in mind in due course. In finishing off on a positive note I commend this bill to the House commend the members who served on the select committee and commend the members of the public who exposed their vulnerabilities and submitted to pass this into law. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Barbara Edmonds—five minutes.