Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): It's my absolute delight to be the final person in this House tonight to stand as we pass through the third reading of the Election Access Fund Bill because when we have a House that is truly representative—when disabled people can participate fully in the electoral processes that we all should be able to participate in—it means that Governments are better held to account it means that we can make better law and it means that we can make law that actually reflects the realities of people who are of disabled communities. It means that we can build a vibrant inclusive democracy if everyone is able to actively and equally engage in it. I'm so proud tonight of my colleague Chlöe Swarbrick and the deserved attention and accolades that have come from across the House for the way that she has nurtured and carried this piece of good law to us here tonight. I'm profoundly proud of my colleague ex-Green MP Mojo Mathers the first Deaf politician for New Zealand and all of the NGOs and advocacy that has come from years and years of hard work and pressure being kept on this place. I think for example of my friend Kim Robertson chairperson of Deaf Action New Zealand who is consistently asking us where are our interpreter services for public announcements and for question time in the House and I hope we can see this legislation tonight as a step to move towards the rest of the things that we have to clean up especially here in Government and here in Parliament where we can lead. I wanted to note that the Disabled Persons Assembly strongly recommended that this fund was not going to be restricted and limited to be diagnosis-specific. I am pleased to say that the Government and Administration Committee worked hard to ensure that it is a wide contestable fund so that we don't need to be guided by restricted definitions and can merely focus on what is needed. It is also accessible to non-profit organisations and political parties to start to make sure that we have a wide round focus on ensuring equal access to these electoral processes not just from a parliamentary perspective. This bill affirms that New Zealanders want a fair electoral process. The reason why it has taken so long is not because of nasty intent but because when you do not have people with lived experience the default is we are going to be coming from a perspective that we are used to and when you do not have people with lived experience of the barriers to this world which are disabling it means that we are less capable of making law that realises what those barriers are understands what is needed to shift those barriers out of the way and understands that at every step of our world at the moment there are far too many assumptions that are made that we are all the same. So I'm pleased that this bill while not the final answer is an impressive and important step for us to reflect as a country and indeed as a world to say that this is what needs to happen in every sphere of our public and political life—that we need to make sure that there is equal ability for everyone to participate in what is so-called public life. So I am proud. Congratulations Mojo; congratulations disabled community; congratulations Chlöe Swarbrick; and congratulations all of us for this work here tonight. Kia ora. Bill read a third time.