Chhour Karen; Rurawhe AdrianKAREN CHHOUR (ACT): Thank you Madam Chair. I too would just like to speak to the commencement around this Act and I too am disappointed that we are carrying on with this and that there is a date when this bill will commence. Over and over again we've heard that youth voices are the most important. Getting youth involved in the decision making around their lives is important. We can't afford to get this wrong anymore. For too long we've got this wrong. We have too many victims in the past of a broken system and too many in the present of a broken system. And from hearing the voices of the people that work on the ground with these youth we're going to end up with too many victims in the future because we continue to get this wrong. We're not breaking the cycle of allowing Governments and public servants to make decisions around our youth and around their care instead of actually going to the people who work with these youth on a day-to-day basis and actually listening to what they are saying because listening and actually doing something from what you've heard are two different things. Actions speak louder than words and the actions from this Government today still pushing to put this bill through show us that they're just words. They're meaningless. Our youth feel like they are meaningless again. Victims of abuse in State care feel their voices are meaningless again. We can say Your voice matters." We can say "We want you to be involved in the decision making that affects you and your future." But as I said actions speak louder than words. How many came forward and said that this will put more youth at risk? More youth will fall through the cracks with this bill. But no we're still going to go with Government and public servants know best. How much longer can we allow this to happen? I'm just disappointed that this bill is even going to commence.HARETE HIPANGO (National): Thank you Madam Chair. I sense that this will be the last stand that I make on this bill before it goes to the third reading. I join in unison in a voice filled with passion with my colleague Jan Logie from the Green Party my colleague Karen Chhour from the ACT Party and I from the National Party—all stand in unison alongside the New Zealand public those who have lived care experience of the State welfare ill-fared system those who have dedicated lives and service to this sector importantly to children and young people of Aotearoa New Zealand. Jan Logie from the background that my colleague comes from working in the social justice sector—CHAIRPERSON (Hon Jacqui Dean): Order! I'm just going to ask the member to focus her comments and contribution on clauses 1 2 and 2A. Thank you. HARETE HIPANGO: Appreciate that and that comes to the title. Talking about Karen Chhour if I may and wrapping this in and blending it to the title—Karen having come from lived life experience of the State welfare and care system and I having worked as a lawyer advocating for this sector for most of my professional legal career. This brings me to the title. Speaking to that this is called the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People's Commission Bill. I put a proposal to the House that this bill is more than an oversight. It is actually blind—a "Blinded Oranga Tamariki System and Deaf to the Voices and the Views of Children and Young People's Bill". That's the title that I submit which reflects the sentiment and also the expressions and the submissions that have been put before the select committeeCHAIRPERSON (Hon Jacqui Dean): With apologies—order! With apologies to the member. The time has now come for me to report progress.Progress to be reported.House resumed.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Jacqui Dean): Mr Speaker the committee has further considered the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People's Commission Bill and reports progress. I move That the report be adopted.DEPUTY SPEAKER: The question is that the report be adopted.Motion agreed to.Report adopted.DEPUTY SPEAKER: The bill is set down for further consideration in committee next sitting day. Members the House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. today.The House adjourned at 12.56 p.m. (Thursday)"