Belich CamillaCAMILLA BELICH (Labour): Thank you Mr Chair. I just wanted to open also by congratulating you on your appointment and also Minister Brooke van Velden who may not have been the Minister in the chair available to hear that comment when we originally started. So congratulations Minister. This is an important portfolio and I know you'll take it really seriously.I also know that you've made comments in the past about how you've changed your mind on important issues. So I take that to mean that the discussions that we have today and the points that we raise will be taken in good faith and I hope that some of them will be considered in terms of supporting some of the many amendments that we've put forward some of which I think—well actually all of which but there are particular ones which I think will be particularly useful for the passage of this piece of legislation.In terms of how I have read this first part of the bill which we are debating at the moment obviously it's a smaller part of the bill compared with the second part but this first part does have an active provision of repealing this bill which is as I understand a mechanism which is employed in order to clear the statute book essentially of a repeal bill. Arena Williams: I have a suggestion about that.CAMILLA BELICH: We have some suggestions about that and my colleague has an amendment that no doubt she will speak to later. But with that in mind that is informing some of the discussions that we are having. So although it may seem unusual to speak to this bill and the context around this bill in the first part rather than the second it is because this Act is repealed in the first part which is why we are discussing things in relation to the repeal bill at this stage and just to note that there are a number of amendments that haven't been addressed yet. Hon David Seymour: She's using confusion as a weapon but it's backfired. CAMILLA BELICH: Apologies I couldn't hear that interjection.Hon David Seymour: I said the member is using confusion as a weapon but it's backfired. CAMILLA BELICH: I can explain it again to the member. So the first part of the bill has a provision in it which repeals the bill in order to clear the statute book. Therefore it is relevant to discuss the repeal bill in its entirety in my view.Hon David Seymour: No no.Hon Kieran McAnulty: The Chair will judge that—crack on.CAMILLA BELICH: Yeah the Chair will judge it for relevance but anyway. One of the points that I wanted to make and ask the Minister about was she's received a number of comments and I know there are a number of amendments as well in relation to this first part looking at te ao Māori and Māori. I know that in the advice that she received in the cover sheet of the regulatory impact statement in relation to this it was specifically noted that Māori women young people Pasifika would be disproportionately impacted by this bill.This is also reflected in the advice which is contained within the departmental disclosure statement which I referred to in my first contribution—on page six of the departmental disclosure statement the advice states that Māori are more likely than other groups to earn low wages. Given that they are disproportionately represented in workforces where there are lower employment terms they could have disproportionately benefited from any improved terms obtained by an FPA." It goes on to note that "No consultation with Iwi or Māori representative groups was possible due to time frame restrictions."Now I know through reading the whole departmental disclosure statement that there is a view put forward in the alternative as well but I just wanted to make sure that we highlighted the other information about how Māori would be disproportionately affected and I wondered if the Minister wanted to comment at all. Given that there is this concern raised now in two documents that she's been privy to what is she going to do in order to address the low pay that Māori receive in New Zealand as Minister of workplace relations? Because of course she is repealing this bill.I just have some other comments that I wanted to make. Obviously we are in a situation where we don't have a select committee process. We did have a select committee process for the primary bill which is being looked at and we will discuss in detail in Part 2. Hon David Seymour: What did the RIS say?CAMILLA BELICH: There is said—Hon David Seymour: "Don't do it."CAMILLA BELICH: There is said that Māori—well actually the most—CHAIRPERSON (Teanau Tuiono): If members could bring back their attention and have a conversation not with each other but with myself it would be appreciated.CAMILLA BELICH: Apologies Mr Chair I was distracted by the interjections from a member opposite.There were a number of submissions made during the select committee process. And I note that in other committee stages where there hasn't been a select committee process there's been some leeway given to discuss the views of the community that haven't been able to be expressed due to the fact—[Time expired]"