Simmonds PennyPENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. As a member of the Education and Workforce Committee I believe that this inquiry was overall a very good inquiry because none of us want to see migrants being exploited in this country. Sadly from time to time that does occasionally occur. New Zealand must protect its reputation and that of our employers. We need them to be highly regarded because we need migrant workers in this country. So many fields and so many areas in our country our economy and our productive sector are being hamstrung by a lack of migrant workers. It doesn't matter where I go whether it's to a youth expo or to a business group I get bailed up by employers saying they are desperately short of workers and finding it so difficult to get new migrants in.National in our differing view in the report note that the Government's reset policy to remove open work rights for partners of principal applicants from the end of this year will actually increase the chances of migrant exploitation. So while the member of the Government across from me Priyanca Radhakrishnan spoke about what wonderful things they are doing it is incredibly bizarre that the new reset of policy is actually going to make it easier for exploitation. The cost of living crisis and the rampant inflation will mean that these partners of principal applicants will need to work for their families to be able to survive here. They are the ones that will be most likely to work illegally because the process and the pay rates that are being brought in by this policy reset are just too onerous for businesses to be able to cope with.So we will see those partners working illegally becoming more at risk of exploitation or we will see those partners not working and becoming socially isolated at home. I personally saw the vulnerability of partners in that situation—partners of those on student visas—in my previous role. I saw how isolated those partners could become how vulnerable they become to the prey of employers who will take advantage of them but also how vulnerable they become to the risk of domestic abuse. We know that when people and families are put under pressure like this things go wrong—they make bad decisions. We see things like domestic abuse increase. I saw it not often but often enough to concern me with partners of those on student visas. So the Government's own policy reset is likely to cause further harm. So that member that spoke so passionately about the wonderful things they are doing needs to take a good look at that policy reset and see how it is going to open these partners up to the risk of exploitation.Another significant concern that we had that wasn't put into this report but was brought up by a number of submitters and a number of people in industry for this inquiry is that—the majority of individuals who are exploiting migrants are migrants themselves. It is incredibly important for that to be acknowledged because that then should be something that is looked at closely in the accreditation of businesses by Immigration New Zealand.Speaking about the accreditation process and again it doesn't matter where I go to I have employers coming to me and tearing their hair out over the complexity the slowness the onerousness of the accreditation process. We do not agree that the unions should be brought into that accreditation process. It wasn't put forward by submitters; it adds cost and complexity to it. Thank you Madam Speaker.