Dyson RuthHon RUTH DYSON (Labour—Port Hills): I am delighted to add my support to this conversation in the House tonight but I want to begin by just acknowledging the happiest member of Parliament in New Zealand today Chris Hipkins and his partner Jade. I want to welcome their new baby Charlie Douglas to the world and say that I think that they will be great parents despite the demands that this House puts on them. Warmest congratulations I am sure from every member of the House. I hope that it will improve the overall temperament of the senior whip. Can I also acknowledge the Hon Michael Woodhouse for having the initial idea for this bill and drafting it up. I think he deserves credit even though all the gold stars are going to the member who was lucky enough to get it passed to him when Michael was no longer able to introduce it because he is now a Cabinet Minister. I want to acknowledge Chris Bishop for deciding to take it up. It is a bill that will make a difference and that actually is what the members' bills ballot should be used for. They might not be huge issues like adoption reform homosexual law reform or marriage equality—we have had those really big issues brought through the House as members' bills—but it is a really appropriate use of the members' bills ballot to progress a bill that will make a lot of difference and this one certainly will. I agree with Scott Simpson who just resumed his seat firstly in his praise of Andy—I think that was entirely justified—but also in his saying that this is not a total fix and that we have got lots of other issues to deal with. The cultural aspects that Ria Bond touched on in her thoughtful contribution I think need to be discussed more openly more widely particularly given the high number of Pasifika and Māori people who we have in New Zealand with diabetes. That is a fact in our health statistics and it means they are more likely to be in need of a kidney transplant in the future. This will address quite a lot of the financial barriers but it will not address those other issues. I think we should get really brave and not adopt but look at the system that they have in Iran. We would not do it in New Zealand because it is just not part of our nature but there could be other things that we learn from it. They sell kidneys in Iran. There is no waiting list; there is no dialysis. We would never go to that extreme but I think we can learn about cultural change that was driven by their financial contribution. Also I do not want to hear the thud as David Seymour faints when he hears this but I think that his amendment if he puts it in is well worth thinking about—well worth considering. I think he is on to a good idea there and I hope that he does get round to doing it. There are other really good members' bills that are going to be debated tonight so I do not want to take up too much time because one of them is mine and I am looking forward to having the debate on it. The final point I want to make though is that people will genuinely benefit from this—people who donate organs and people who receive them. I think that that is a very good thing for Parliament to be doing. It is probably long overdue but we can do it now and that is a good thing to progress. I want to acknowledge everyone who has had any connection with donating organs either receiving them or giving them. Most of our donors are not live donors. Many families are donating the organs of their family member at the worst possible time: as that person dies. We should acknowledge them and the courage and strength that they have to be able to go through that decision and also acknowledge that for the recipients it means that they are able to get a life often quite literally. So I commend the bill and look forward to its progress through the House.