Kanongata'a-Suisuiki AnahilaANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. It is an absolute privilege to stand and speak to this bill. I want to begin my speech by reading out the cover page of the report of the Parliamentary Review Committee regarding the New Zealand Cervical Screening Programme dated June 2015. It reads Pay heed to the dignity of women". And if you turn the page it also reads "The first human was a female whose body was moulded out of earth by the god Tāne. Tāne's mother Papatūānuku advised him 'Go to the soil at Kurawaka there to go about your work. There the woman can be found untouched select and sacred for she possesses the essence of humankind.' Nā Tāne"—it continues—"ko Hineahuone te wahine tuatahi ki te ao. Ko Tāne tēnei e whakahā ana i a ia; ka matihe a Hineahuone ka ora mai. Nō konā te kōrero 'Tihei mauri ora' ".In December 2017 according to Statistics New Zealand 59610 live births and 33339 deaths were registered in New Zealand resulting in a natural increase of 26268. I say that because as a nation our future relies on the health of women. Our kōrero today is about the Health (National Cervical Screening Programme) Amendment Bill which amends Part 4A of the Health Act 1956 to enable the National Cervical Screening Programme. May I remind the House that in section 112A of the Health Act it sets out the National Cervical Screening Programme's purpose and I think it's fitting that we remind the House of its purpose. It reads "The purpose of this Part is—(a) to reduce the incidence and mortality rate of cervical cancer by providing for the continuation of the [National Cervical Screening Programme] … ; and (b) to facilitate the operation and evaluation of that national cervical screening programme by—(i) enabling access to information and specimens by the persons operating [in] the programme; and (ii) enabling access to information and specimens by screening programme [evaluations] … appointed to evaluate that programme."I speak about that because the previous speakers have noted that this could have been rolled into an omnibus bill in terms of the intention of this Government. For this Government what we talked about was being transparent and being evidence based. We have heard evidence today from the honourable doctors that even a slight error in information will lead to a loss of life. I want to acknowledge the Minister yesterday when she spoke about what the current section 112J means—that it expresses the authorisation of the Director-General of Health. It continues on to 112C and 112E and can in some cases be required for some people to perform their functions within the screening programme pathway. What this amendment also does is to have access to this information. But the reason why we are led to this is that it was important in terms of the Cartwright inquiry that we put sufficient measures in place to ensure safety of information.In concluding what this bill also does is put in accountability—in accountability a new offence has been introduced for amending the register without the authorisation. So not only does it enable easy access but this bill also provides accountability in terms of if the information is mismanaged. I support this amendment bill to the House. Thank you."