Yule Lawrence; Tolley AnneLAWRENCE YULE (National—Tukituki): It's a good day. It's the end of the parliamentary session for the week and I'm energised by the Hon Judith Collins and what she had to say. Before I started this journey in this House I watched the Families Commission and I watched Dr Roger Prasad—Hon Members: Rajen.LAWRENCE YULE: Rajen Prasad—my apologies. I watched what he was doing from my living room and I thought Does that bureaucracy actually add anything to New Zealand?" And I never thought it did. Until I got here to this House I didn't actually realise that it was set up by the Labour Government and it was slowly killed by the Hon Judith Collins and now is being finally put to sleep today. Actually this bill—Kieran McAnulty: It's not the only thing. She's done that before.LAWRENCE YULE: Yes I know but this bill is actually a minute part of the process. We are shutting things down getting rid of assets making sure staff are dealt with fairly disestablishing the board—all those things that need to happen by 30 June. So it is wrap-up legislation. There has been a shortened reporting period—all those things—but it is simply tidying up the loose ends of a decision made by Cabinet in July of last year—a National Government that disestablished the Families Commission.That whole approach—what was started and how it has transitioned now—by the former National Government was actually to reinforce social investment in New Zealand to actually say you have to fundamentally change people's lives by investing in families in a targeted way. I've read some of the research in the Growing Up in New Zealand work. I've read some of that research and as a parent myself I agree with the Hon Judith Collins that it's pretty self-evident what that would say: basically if families have good parents it makes a huge difference not only to the children but to society and to how the State has to intervene. That's really what that study shows.Now I want to ask the Minister today as part of this committee stage what is going to happen to the data that has been collected over eight years of 7000 voices and how is that going to be used? I actually think honourable Minister that has some value and if you throw that away you have lost those learnings.Hon Peeni Henare: You could've read the departmental report.LAWRENCE YULE: Yeah I understand that but I want an assurance for those people that have worked for eight years—that have worked for eight years—that they will continue to be involved. I am completely supportive of the disestablishment of the Families Commission and the integration of the social investment model. Actually I want to give real credit to the former Prime Minister the Rt Hon Bill English who championed—and I went to presentations and speeches of his. I sat him in my office when I was the mayor of Hastings and we talked about the issues in my home town. Actually for a small number of families a massive investment by the State and caring in a wraparound set of services would have been far better than a broad-spectrum approach. The Rt Hon Bill English saw that and saw the cost to the State the nation and us as taxpayers if that wasn't done properly.I don't know how much the Hon Judith Collins was involved in this decision to disestablish—I expect quite a lot. But she would only do that if there was another strategy that was going to be better and that's what the National Government brought into power before the last election. A lot of that stuff is now being carried on. I'm looking forward to the day that the Minister announces how the new data is going to be collected—Hon Andrew Little: It's called "being fixed up" Lawrence.LAWRENCE YULE: —how it's going to be managed—"It's all being fixed up."? I haven't seen much action yet. I've heard a lot of talk a lot of reports. How many reviews are we up to? About 74? Ninety?Hon Members: 90.LAWRENCE YULE: Ninety—we're up to 90 reviews. I haven't seen any action so far.When you get back to this bill and the specifics of this bill—and it's listed here—it is really quite simple: it is a winding down provision taking care of all the things that need to be taken care of not before time. But actually the foundation that has been built in New Zealand under the social investment model—this side of the Chamber will proudly champion that through this term of the Government of your Government and when we get back into Government because it is the best way of supporting my children their children and all of New Zealand's children. It gives me pleasure to support this bill as we wind this entity down.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): Before I call the next speaker can I just remind perhaps the newer members in the House that you are actually addressing the chair so when you use the word "you" you are talking about me. OK?"