Warren-Clark AngieANGIE WARREN-CLARK (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker.Kieran McAnulty: Not even a clap.ANGIE WARREN-CLARK: Ha! Not even a clap. Mr Simpson you usually make a bit of sense but today alas the conspiracy theory that you've brought up is indeed a sad indictment on how far the party has sunk. It's not possible to just stand here and make stuff up in a way that actually creates your—it is amazing and cute and please don't use the term fiddle" any further. Look I'm delighted to stand today. I had real trouble with my speech today in that I wasn't sure—we had so much to talk about right? I wasn't sure what I wanted to speak about. Yesterday I missed the opportunity for the passing of the Family Violence Bill as I was speaking in my own home town in regards to fund-raising on behalf of the refuge and an organisation called Homes of Hope and so I missed that opportunity. I feel that the member Priyanca Radhakrishnan has covered that extremely well however.I'd also like to acknowledge the Hon Tracey Martin. I'm going to speak and pick up on your theme today. I mean there is so much—SPEAKER: Her theme today.ANGIE WARREN-CLARK: Sorry sir—her theme today. I'm going to have a talk about education today.So over the weekend our coalition Government announced 600 new positions in the Special Educational Needs Coordinator position. Not only have we acknowledged 1500 more teachers and hundreds more modern classrooms—my own local Ōtūmoetai school received $65 million to fix its leaking and mouldy classrooms to create a modern learning environment—but we have 8000 more children accessing learning needs and special support. The reason I wanted to talk to this today is that it affects me personally and my family personally. In fact all of us are teachers in some way are we not?So over the weekend 600 learning support coordinators—I have listened to the stories of families for a very long time talking about how difficult it is to access support and services. Our Government has listened. Our children deserve better. They have spent the last 10 years fighting and these teachers and parents have spent the last 10 years trying their hardest to find the funds to support these children.Now in my own experience I had to personally fund $800 to enable my daughter to access dyslexia dyspraxia and dyscalculia assessment. I had that $800. There is no place in this country—no place—for cheque-book education. Her friends fell by the wayside because those parents were not able to afford that. My daughter was able to access those services. As far as I'm concerned as a Government we're actually listening to those parents.It's also about our gifted children who deserve to be uplifted more than they are. It's about our children's teachers who shouldn't have an additional task stuffed on the end of their already busy busy workloads; our principals having to do this job alongside our deputy principals or another senior teacher. These children deserve—and we desire as a Government to actually address that.My Prime Minister when she made this announcement—it was amazing. Six hundred—and that is only the first tranche. That is only the beginning of what we here in this Government are doing. We have heard you parents. We have heard the children's stories and we have acted. So Tracey Martin and our coalition Government I absolutely applaud you as a parent and I also am so proud to stand here today and to acknowledge what we are doing for children in this country."