SpeechMARJA LUBECK (Labour): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. Thank you for the opportunity to take a short call on this bill; it's a real privilege. I had the opportunity to speak in the first reading and now to be here at the third reading it's actually quite overwhelming. It's also been overwhelming to hear my colleagues speak all from very personal experiences and that is kind of why I feel it was a real honour for me to be able to be part of this kaupapa. So I would like to talk a little bit as my colleague Shanan Halbert already has about the whakapapa of this bill because for me when I became involved it was after watching a documentary on TV in 2018 that was talking about the subject of praying the gay away. I was really shocked at the time because I had no idea that in New Zealand in 2018 these practices could be happening. It is also quite astonishing to think being from the Netherlands—people will probably think that this is something that in the Netherlands has been outlawed for a long long time but in fact only just this week have those discussions started that perhaps there should be fines for trying to convert people from who they really are. But at least the conversations are starting and I think it is really important. It was important for me that the hurt and damage that discrimination and condemnation causes for people was acknowledged with the work that we have been doing on this bill.So when I was approached by Amanda Ashley—who has been mentioned previously—in rainbow Rodney on starting a petition on banning conversion therapy I was really honoured that she wanted me to help her with that piece of work. So she started the petition she got 5125 signatures I believe from memory and she would keep me updated weekly on how well she was doing—and really proud of that work. Then she was joined by Young Labour and Young Greens and it was an omission of mine in my first reading speech to forget to show the petition with over 15000 signatures. [Holds up petition] So altogether over 20000 signatures were presented in August 2018. I had then the support of my full Labour caucus to put this as a member's bill in the tin. Then of course as part of our 2020 manifesto we were able as a Government to bring this to the House as legislation. Enormous gratitude for the courage that our Minister Kris Faafoi displayed in doing that because it is not so common yet if you look around the world—yes there are countries and different legislatures where they have banned conversion therapy—but we are following a gold standard that Australia started with the Victorian legislation and the Minister grabbed that gold standard and I believe in my view made it even better. So we can be standing here really proud of the history made.I would like to repeat the long list of people that have worked so hard and fought so long for this particular piece of legislation but I kind of got up to speak without that preparation and I dare not to start that list because I'm bound to forget someone. So yeah that will just have to be on the record from the first reading speech.I think the importance of keeping young people our rangatahi safe from the hurt and damage that certain practices can cause is one of the most important pieces of work we can do here in this House especially with the terrible record that we have still on mental health. So for that I would like to do a last shout-out to our grassroots activists our rainbow communities our rangatahi and to say that this bill is for you. This bill says you are not broken you don't need to be fixed and you are loved for who you are. Thank you Mr Speaker.SPEAKER: Kieran McAnulty—five or 10?Kieran McAnulty: Five please.SPEAKER: A five-minute call Kieran McAnulty.