Menéndez March RicardoRICARDO MENÉNDEZ MARCH (Green): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. So first of all I just want to acknowledge Melissa Lee for having had this bill drawn from the ballot and then Bidois for taking it on.I think this bill is just such a good reminder that all the rules in this place are completely made up and in that same way we can change those rules. Gift cards are just such a great notion of just the constructs that we've come to create where we've decided to attach a very specific dollar figure to a piece of paper or cardboard or material that in and of itself has value. And we've decided very arbitrarily to allow the market to create rules and let those rules run amok in terms of the expiry dates. One of the things that has been rightfully identified here is that the market alone won't create fair conditions for people—I would say very rarely but in this case definitely it's been identified as one of those places where just letting the market decide how to set expiry dates has created an unfair situation for consumers and that therefore we need some regulation in place to better protect everyday people.Other speakers have talked about the amount of money that goes to waste both for everyday people and just for our communities by nature of having these arbitrary—well for leaving it to the market basically. I think the ACT Party's differing position in the select committee was just such a rallying cry for me to get in support of this bill. We supported it at first reading anyway but they just made it so obvious for us because they believed that this bill would create unnecessary burden for New Zealand businesses. And they also talked about how they believe that the bill takes away businesses' ability to manage their liabilities as well as financial sustainability for the gift card or vouchers programme. And while it's important for Parliament to encourage responsible business practice they then talk about how we should leave it to businesses.But look even with MPs that I don't agree with like Tanya Unkovich on most things she rightfully pointed out there is a genuine issue here that the market itself isn't sorting. So I think when so many low-income people for example end up having access to gift cards to buy basic essentials such as food or petrol I think it's really important. Prezzy Cards actually form again a way in which low-income people are often supported to make ends meet. But having these expiry dates left to the market isn't useful. The only people who have won under the current system are retailers who get to pocket the money off those cards that end up expiring.So the Green Party is and has been supportive of this bill. I think I do want to note the constructive changes that have been proposed at the select committee stage all which we think have merit. It's mostly around tightening stuff around making sure the language is consistent. I think most important is that there's a level of consequences particularly for a body corporate who does not kind of comply with this new regime. I think initially this idea that we could have just created this set of rules only to then leave it effectively voluntarily for the market to sort it would have not been particularly effective. So I think it's good that this has been looked at. I also know that there's a transition period as well.But I think again this just shows—as I said at the beginning of my contribution—how much those rules are made up. I ask I guess the Government members that with the same imagination that they had when it came to drafting this bill that they realise that rules that allow people to live in poverty rules that allow people to go without housing are also completely made up. Things like setting benefits below the poverty line is a complete made-up rule that successive Governments have allowed. So with the same imagination that the Government members used to come up with this bill that they use those same powers to tackle some of the big systemic issues that we face. Because I think member's bills while they can tackle discrete issues they can also be a really useful tool to actually enable important system change conversations that we deserve to have and our communities certainly deserve because I'm sure this will actually alleviate cost of living pressures for some people but the overall systems that create those cost of living pressures remain despite this bill having merit.DEPUTY SPEAKER: Dan Bidois. Just for the clarity of the House no this is actually a full call. So for the clarity of the House Te Pāti Māori have chosen not to take their split call on this bill so that call will be given at the end of the debate. So apologies for any confusion. Dan Bidois—10 minutes.