Pallett SarahSARAH PALLETT (Labour—Ilam): Thank you Mr Speaker. Talofa lava. I'm extraordinarily proud to stand here today talking to what is my first Budget in this House and what a Budget it is. I was preparing for this speech and I was finding it really hard to find the best bits to talk about and so I had to really just stick to the bits that were relevant to me. Relevant to me as the proud MP for Ilam relevant to me as a woman and a healthcare provider and relevant to me as a breast cancer survivor. But of course they're not just relevant to me; they're relevant to many many thousands of other women and other people in New Zealand and beyond.Now Ilam where's the relevance you might think. Ilam is actually home to Antarctica New Zealand and one of the six bases from which our scientists travel to Antarctica. Now Scott Base is as you know in the Ross Dependency in Antarctica. It's actually 3800 kilometres south of Christchurch. It houses world-leading scientists from New Zealand and they are completing world-leading science in what is an old set of buildings that were in urgent need of upgrade and repair. So our scientists are going to be better equipped in a fantastic new series of buildings that will be constructed in New Zealand and probably I hope in Christchurch. They'll create 170 jobs at the peak of construction and 700 over six years. And that will enable us to continue to understand how climate change affects Antarctica affects Aotearoa by extension and the rest of the world. It's absolutely vital work that we need to continue to support and hopefully in a way that doesn't mean our scientists are having to stand on the roof to sweep the snow off as they do currently—not ideal in minus 50.As a breast cancer survivor—moving on—I see a Budget that is literally lifesaving; 3200 people a year are diagnosed with breast cancer. So currently at the moment our screening programme provided by BreastScreen Aotearoa who are doing an amazing job does screen eligible people between 45 and 69 every two years. But it's an opt-in service. What we're doing in this Budget is allocating $55.6 million for a major upgrade of our breast-screening programme which will mean that we're able to screen 271000 extra women who are not currently accessing this screening programme. Currently we have an opt-in programme so you have to know the screening is available and actually access it yourself. But what we're going to be doing is using technology to ensure that it's an opt-out programme and that's why so many more women are going to have access to it. This disproportionately affects Māori and Pasifika women who are much more likely to be benefiting from this opt-out programme.Speaking of lifesaving more money is being spent by this Government in this Budget—$53 million—as we move into a new test for cervical cancer. Each year 160 women develop cervical cancer. And I'm noting as I say that that I'm standing at the desk of the Hon Kiritapu Allan who was one of those this year. Kiritapu Allan has been absolutely vocal in her support of cervical-screening programmes and has encouraged all of us to make sure that we do access the programmes that we can to make sure that our cervical screens are up to date. And when I describe this new programme it's not to say Please wait for it." but to "Please have your cervical swab now." and the screening programme will be rolled out from 2023. The new programme will be self-administered it will be quick it will be a swab that's less invasive and more effective and it will be preventing 400 additional cervical cancer diagnoses saving 138 lives over the next 17 years. Of those 138 lives—138 lives will be saved—a third of those will be Māori because at the moment 61 percent of eligible wāhine Māori are not accessing our cervical-screening programme. I think that's because it can be a little invasive and it can be a little embarrassing to go for that smear but I do encourage everybody wholeheartedly to make sure that they do do that and don't wait for the new screening programme. Thank you so much."