Henare PeeniHon PEENI HENARE (Associate Minister for ACC): Tēnā koe Madam Chair and thank you for this opportunity. While the other side might trivialise very important matters with regard to ACC many of the constituents in my constituency come in with ACC queries. If I can follow on from the line of questioning from my colleague Jan Tinetti—and I appreciate that. In particular in clause 7 where we deal with the Accident Compensation Appeal Authority I'm curious then if there is any reassurance that can be given from the Minister that in place of that authority there is still a robust system in place to allow for the appeal of decisions. Hon Member: Oh read the bill—read the bill. Hon PEENI HENARE: Look while it might be clear to those political geeks in particular in this committee that read the bill I think it's actually worthy of comment to make sure that those watching at home actually do get a sense that regardless of this particular clause the right of appeal for our people across this country is still in place. I wanted to—if I can—refer to clause 10 and just like nobody being prejudiced by the removal of the appeals authority I wonder if the Minister can at least explain and give some guarantees that those who are affected through clause 10(1) (2) and (3) aren't being prejudiced in any way or certainly aren't being penalised in any way. I appreciate that for some who are in receipt of both or all of ACC payments New Zealand superannuation and the veterans pension there might be some questions that they have about how that all aligns and what they are eligible for. If it's your partner who's in receipt of New Zealand superannuation and you are younger than them and they pass away how does that work with the ACC payments? There are some of those questions that I'm sure more generally speaking the public—Hon Gerry Brownlee: Does the member not know that? Hon PEENI HENARE: Like I say if the other side want to continue to trivialise these things—Hon Gerry Brownlee: All these years in the House and the member doesn't know this. Hon PEENI HENARE: If that member wants to trivialise these things he must remember that what we do in this House is actually for the people of New Zealand and not for the benefit of the Opposition. So if the Minister can provide some of that information for us and for the clarity of the public that would be really appreciated. As I've already mentioned there are some changes in the time for those of when they are eligible for—Tim van de Molen: This member should be embarrassed at himself. It's a terrible contribution. Hon PEENI HENARE: —and if that side care to often can they tell me: is it from the date then that the surviving spouse is eligible for super or from when the person passes away? No I didn't think so. So I'd like to seek a bit of clarification from the Minister on that particular matter like I say for the benefit of the general public which this particular bill is for. I want to acknowledge Minister Iain Lees-Galloway of course for the work that he is doing in this space to make sure that the majority of the constituents that come into my office and others for ACC-related claims—and I leave those questions for the Minister to consider.