Davidson MaramaHon MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): Thank you Madam Speaker I appreciate the call. So the Government MPs have been at pains to clarify that this Government is only removing the legal aid funding for cultural reports. That is exactly the point though. In actual fact we have looked at commentary that saw the relevant Ministers actually seeing value in the cultural reports in their own words understanding the value of the wider context that whakapapa that is brought to the courtroom to be able to service and meet other needs that have happened in the pathway of harm being caused. And the Ministers themselves have vocalised how they see the value in that and then have quickly said All we're doing is removing the funding."So what they are essentially saying then is some victims are being focused on and others are not. Some privileged offenders are going to be able to have broader context and the rest are not. So that is the point that this side has been proving for the entirety of the passage of this bill through this House. And I'm glad that we've made that clear because there were some earlier futile attempts to try and pin this legislation to being tough on crime. And that quickly got removed I see. I see that they're no longer going down that road because actually they're still available but just for those who can afford it. So this cannot be called "tough on crime" because it's only tough for some—only tough for some—and for those who do not have privilege already it's not. So I can see why the Government members wisely chose to zip that narrative right up.So then we are left with: what does actual accountability to victims look like? And a holistic whānau-centred accountability to the harm that has happened is exactly what this removal of funding does not do. So the real enduring solutions for authentic accountability an accountability to harm caused that often is not met by a jail cell—how is an offender supposed to feel direct accountability for the harm they have caused when it is in a place that means nothing to them from a person and an institution that means nothing to them? So there too these cultural report funding removals are not even about victim-centred accountability processes. So we've put that to the moenga to the bed as well—we'll put that to rest also.So what we are left then with is simply just shallow election promises that have no basis or grounding in enduring justice solutions especially for victims. And anybody who has spent any time looking into what happens to victims including family violence and sexual violence victims who have been harmed by people who use violence—anybody who has spent any time looking into that knows that funding cultural reports is not what is the problem. So then we are left with simply just shallow dog-whistling legislation that will not benefit victims and will continue to perpetuate the inequities and the privileges of some people in the justice process. Now that has been happening for far too long. The funded cultural reports were actually an attempt to try and allow for a voice from marginalised and oppressed groups of peoples without the privilege. That's what the cultural reports were actually doing: trying to bring a voice in for people who have none instead of just privileging people who have access to power and resources and networks. And that unfortunately is this justice system that we still currently have that people can get away with harm and crime depending on if you have privilege. That is why I strongly oppose the shallowness of this legislation. Thank you Madam Speaker."