Luxton JoJO LUXTON (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker. I find it really heartbreaking that we are having to stand here in the House to create legislation to ensure that our children are safe when they leave home and head off to university or polytechnic or wherever they may be to live in halls of residence—heartbreaking. But I want to acknowledge the Minister for bringing this to the House so speedily and I agree that we must act really really quickly particularly with the fact that we've got a whole new year coming a whole lot of new students heading into universities such as the member who's just taken her seat Denise Lee mentioned. Her own daughter is going to be one of those students.I too like my colleague Jan Tinetti have had two of my children head off to university quite some years ago now. I also had no idea that there was a code of conduct out there. What I find quite distressing is the fact that not only did I not know that there was a code of practice out there for these places where our children live but it was voluntary. I find that quite incredible. So I really appreciate the fact that what we're going to have with this piece of legislation is a mandatory code of practice. I support that 100 percent because often some of these children are leaving home for the first time. They are leaving and there are long distances from home. And even if it is a parent when your child is a long way from home they've left the nest so to speak heading off to university or wherever it is that they're going staying in the halls of residence spreading their wings—they are very very excited about it but as a parent you still want to protect them. You still want to protect them as much as you can and sometimes too much. I'm sure that some of our children would acknowledge that. We do tend to mother hen sometimes a wee bit but that's innate in us as parents to protect our children. This piece of legislation as tragic as the circumstances around it are that have brought it to the House is so vital to ensure that our children are going to be protected. We know that currently there is a code of practice for our international students who are just as precious. They are someone's children someone's sons someone's daughters brothers and sisters. So I think it's only right that our domestic students are given those same protections in this way. Like my colleague Jan Tinetti and the Minister have said I do not accept either that these changes these mandatory codes of practice should in any way create additional financial burden shall we say to families or students. I completely disagree that there will be and that there potentially could be—because these are as I've said before someone's children sons and daughters. So having them safe—knowing they are safe in the halls of residence that families pay a lot of money for their children to stay in to know that they're safe—it should not come at a financial cost in no way. Our children's lives are more precious than any money or any profit that should be made from these halls of residence. I would like to also acknowledge Mason's family in the gallery this afternoon and offer my condolences. And I acknowledge this House and the fact that we are going to come together and work on this piece of legislation in order to protect our children going forward and to ensure that this never happens again. Thank you.