Parmar ParmjeetDr PARMJEET PARMAR (National): Thank you Madam Chair for this opportunity. I'm taking this call to speak on Part 1 which contains the Best Start tax credit and to my amendment which says that any person receiving a Best Start tax credit as referred to in section MC 1 [of the Income Tax Act] shall ensure that any dependent child is enrolled with a Well Child provider." My amendment flows on really well from my colleague Sarah Dowie's amendment which is to insert another step in the Well Child provider services—that is to have a pre-school check. We know that every child is not enrolled with a Well Child provider. By making this a criterion I think we will be actually further enhancing the social outcomes and also health outcomes for newborns.With a child being enrolled with a Well Child provider they'll get several services. As we know at the moment there are 12 core contacts and these contacts are about checking the child's health and well-being and also looking at the mother's health. So now if my colleague Sarah Dowie's amendment is adopted it will become 13 core contacts. But what I am proposing is that it should become a criterion that a child or a family should qualify for Best Start tax credit only if the child is enrolled with a Well Child provider.In these 12 core contacts that exist at the moment there is a check-up at birth and then there is a check-up at the first week and then after that it is between two to four weeks and then there is also a transition service provided for that newborn when the family is moving from the lead maternity care provider to their general practitioner. Then there are visits to check that the child's growth and development are going well. The family's health and well-being are also examined. The next check-up is between eight to 10 weeks and then the next are three to four months five to seven months nine to 12 months and 15 to 18 months and that's where we want to have that amendment where we want to bring in that preschool check. So then there is a check-up between two to three years. The next one is at four years which is the B4 School Check which includes child growth and development oral health immunisation visits—all that is also covered in that.By enrolling a child with a Well Child provider and making that as a criterion what we will see is that we are not only getting what the Government believes are by giving this $60 per week better social outcomes for these children in these families but also getting better health outcomes. Maternal well-being is also important and through this we will achieve better outcomes not only for newborns' health but also for maternal well-being as well—that is mother's health. Physical and emotional health and well-being especially become really important in those starting days.As the Government acknowledges that it's important to provide the best possible start to all newborns and especially since the first few years are really critical it becomes really important that we don't only look at providing more financial help but also see that we are able to provide more improved health outcomes as well for these newborns. I know that there are some other qualifying criteria for Best Start tax credits in this legislation in Part 1. It's not that there are no other criteria so I would like to see this become a criterion that a newborn should be enrolled with a Well Child provider to qualify for Best Start tax credits. When I say "qualifying criteria" as we have noted families that are on paid parental leave while they are on paid parental leave will not be getting the Best Start tax credit. Another criterion that is already in this part is that if they are receiving a parental tax credit then they will not be getting Best Start tax credits. So there are some other criteria already in this legislation so it won't be a new thing to insert this as a criterion which will enhance the overall outcomes that we want to achieve for newborns.I was listening to the Minister the Hon Grant Robertson last night and he said that a tax credit is fundamentally based on the best evidence that we can find about what will make a difference in the lives of children so this was his reason for bringing in the Best Start tax credit. I would like to know what the evidence is and if in that evidence all the recommendations that were made—[Time expired]"