Logie JanJAN LOGIE (Green): What a shame that was. It's a pleasure to stand and rise for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand in support of the Education (National Education and Learning Priorities) Amendment Bill. I too would like to acknowledge and congratulate one of the newer members of this House Jan Tinetti for bringing this piece of legislation to the House and acknowledge all of your past advocacy in education. I've got to say I saw you as a key champion for our children and our education system and it's fantastic to have you in this House producing legislation like this to help get our education system back on track.This bill I understand was previously drawn in the name of the new Minister of Education the Hon Chris Hipkins and is overturning an amendment to the previous Education Act. It proposes common-sense and straightforward changes to section 1A of the Education Act which empowers the Minister of Education to issue a statement of National Education and Learning Priorities otherwise known as the NELP.I understand that our education spokesperson Chlöe Swarbrick in the time that she's been our spokesperson has made a real effort to get out to schools around the country and in doing that what she has found most fascinating has been meeting a lot of the children in the schools. But who she's found that she's ended up meeting—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): I apologise to the member but the time has come for me to leave the Chair for the dinner break.Sitting suspended from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.JAN LOGIE: So again I congratulate the member Jan Tinetti for being in the House for such a short time and being lucky enough to get her bill drawn—but it's a very good bill based on your leadership and your experience from the community so it's welcomed to this House.As I was saying before the dinner bell rang—I was speaking on behalf of our new education spokesperson Chlöe Swarbrick who's been visiting a number of schools around the country and has been introduced to some student leaders as she's been going around. She's noticed the fact that she tends to be introduced to the scholars and the sports stars and the prefects—these young people who put in the really hard work and are doing really well. But she has noticed that they tend to be the young people who have worked out how to navigate the system and who the system is working for which is great—that we have young people in that situation. But there is a problem as she's pointed out when we subconsciously don't hear or don't seek out the voices of young people who aren't currently being served by our education system. And when we're not seeking out those voices we're at risk of perpetuating a system that too many young people fall through the cracks of. The opportunity to change that exists with actively consulting young people. So that's one of the reasons that the Green Party is so excited to support this bill. It adds a requirement for the Minister of Education to consult with young people in setting the National Education and Learning Priorities for the country.That's a massive paradigm shift. So frequently in this House when we're debating education we hear people talking about parents and we talk about teachers usually in a complimentary way on this side of the House—not so much on that side. However often I only hear MPs mention children when they seek to speak on their behalf and most of all I include myself in that. So the requirement to consult with children represents a conscious change. It puts children at the centre of education where they belong. For most teachers they know that child-centred learning is the best type of teaching and so this is building it into the whole system not just in the classroom. I know that Chlöe Swarbrick is really looking forward to seeing the submissions that come before the Education and Workforce Committee and we are very happy to support this wonderful new member's bill.