Goudie Sandra: Social Security (Entitlement Cards) Amendment Bill — In Committee 
Goudie Sandra: Social Security (Entitlement Cards) Amendment Bill — In Committee 
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SANDRA GOUDIE (National—Coromandel) 
: 
 In speaking to Part 2 of the Social Security (Entitlement Cards) Amendment Bill I will actually refer back to some of the other parts of the bill. This bill is a Trojan Horse that is being pushed along by the Rt Hon Winston Peters. Nowhere in this bill is the term “SuperGold card” mentioned—not once. This bill has absolutely nothing to do with the SuperGold card. It is actually all about changing legislation. It is changing the Social Security Act and in Part 2 it is changing the Births Deaths and Marriages Registration Act so that the information on the births deaths and marriages of all New Zealanders can be made available to the Ministry of Social Development or any other ministry that is identified in schedule 1A of the Act. If members look at clause 8 they will see this. 
I tell members that the SuperGold card is not mentioned once in this bill. The bill is actually all about changing legislation. It is changing the Social Security Act to allow for microchipping and photograph regulations on any entitlement card not just the card for those over 65 but any possible card whatsoever produced by this Government that is an entitlement card that people are required to use to get the sort of discounts or entitlements they want. 
This bill is a Trojan Horse. It is not about the SuperGold card. It is a Trojan Horse and it is being pushed by the Rt Hon Winston Peters. It is all about introducing regulation-making powers for having photographs and microchips on any entitlement card provided by the Government. So I say to members once again that this bill needs to be given careful scrutiny. The Minister in charge of this bill the Rt Hon Winston Peters has completely failed to show any clarity or understanding about what this bill actually does. 
The emphasis in this bill is clear if we look at Part 2 in respect of the Births Deaths and Marriages Registration Act. The Minister might like to take a call and explain his understanding of what Part 2 is about. Part 2 is about making changes to the Births Deaths and Marriages Registration Act to allow that information to be provided in accordance with the changes made to the Social Security Act. This bill is about changing two pieces of legislation without any constraint and without any recourse to members of the public to have consultation over and an understanding of this particular bill. People have been so consumed by the fact that this bill is meant to be allowing the SuperGold card that they have not appreciated that it is not about the SuperGold card; it is all about changing two pieces of legislation. This has been completely camouflaged by the SuperGold card issue. 
This is a Trojan Horse and not one single member of the current Government has exhibited any understanding of this bill whatsoever and nor has the Minister who is pushing this bill through as a Trojan Horse under the guise of the SuperGold card. I challenge members on the Government benches and I challenge the Minister to take a call and tell me exactly which part of this bill specifically relates to the SuperGold card because I cannot see any part that does. I challenge the Minister to take a call. I challenge any Government member sitting here to take a call. Everything that has been said on this bill in this Chamber tonight by current Government members and the Minister in charge of the bill has not related to any aspect of the bill whatsoever or taken into account the concerns that have been raised by many other members of the Opposition and of the minor parties. 
With that I give the Minister time to clarify his understanding which in my view is clearly limited.