Bishop ChrisCHRIS BISHOP (National—Hutt South): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. It's a shame that after an eight-minute speech Jenny Marcroft the member for New Zealand First doesn't actually appear to know what the bill does because the law already states that those who donate—Hon Clare Curran: So arrogant.CHRIS BISHOP: Well it's just a statement of fact. I mean she doesn't know what the bill does. It is already the law that those who donate organs are entitled to compensation. The last Parliament passed that piece of legislation. In fact it was a member's bill in my name—which is why I'm so annoyed about it—that did that. So that is already the law and it's a shame that we have had an eight-minute speech now that essentially purports to enact a very useful change I agree with which is to give compensation for those who are organ donors. Ms Marcroft is correct that it makes some useful small clarificatory changes around that regime. That's in Part 2 of the bill to amend the Compensation for Live Organ Donors Act 2016 which amends the interpretation of usual hours" in the bill something that was missed when we did the initial bill and so that's a useful change. The other thing that the bill does which we agree with on this side of the House is to give the New Zealand Blood and Organ Service essentially oversight over organ donation and the transplantation system. I've got to say this is something that has been in the works for many years and it's frustrating that it has taken until two years into this Government's time in office that we have had the simple—[Interruption] Well members opposite complain but I mean frankly it's not like a lot of useful stuff's been done in the meantime. I mean we've legislated for fees-free tertiary education—a public policy disaster. We've legislated for all sorts of other stupid ideas and a very sensible change that the Government could have done months ago has taken until now to get on to the Order Paper. In fact I know for a fact that the Minister of Health David Clark was actually looking at an omnibus bill around organ donation 18 months ago and my question to members opposite is: where is that bill? Because this is a small 20-clause bill—a small bill—and we know for a fact that there's an omnibus bill in the works. Well where is it?Of course the other thing to note is: where is the funding? Because yep we're going to get the New Zealand Blood Service in charge of organ donation and transplantation. That's all well and good but I know for a fact that there is no increased funding for the New Zealand Blood Service out there to actually implement the changes that Parliament wants them to do. So where is the extra money? We're not talking about a huge amount of money here; we're talking about a few million dollars and it just speaks to the total incompetence of the Minister of Health David Clark that he can't extract a few extra million from the Minister of Finance in order to implement what is a very very sensible piece of legislation. I care deeply about this issue because organ donation in New Zealand is something that we have neglected for too long. Organ donors are heroes. Frankly the way in which they are encouraged in New Zealand could be a lot better. This is a sensible minor bill but we need to do far more. We need to fund the New Zealand Blood and Organ Service properly. We need to equip them with the skills and the capability to encourage organ donation. But we do support the bill and I commend it to the House."