Martin TraceyTRACEY MARTIN (NZ First): I rise on behalf of New Zealand First to support this bill to select committee and I do so with the full support of every single member of my caucus which is three women and nine men. I do so because—let us be clear—I have seen this once before from the National Party. I remember Hone Harawira's feed the children bill when the National Party members sent out the women—sent out the women—and it sent out the Māori women particularly to argue down why we should do something very simple and very easily done and with absolutely no cost to support New Zealanders. I have seen this before. I would not be surprised—I am going to put $2 on it that Melissa Lee takes the next call. I am going to put $2 on it. I am going to put $2 on the fact that Simon O'Connor may take a call at some stage to explain why the men of the National Party caucus do not believe that women need pay equity do not believe why business—business which asks for transparency in every single contract that it has. Business which wants to make sure that it has an equal playing field with anybody else in this country is going to deny that to the women in New Zealand. And I have got to say what a ridiculous move politically when 52 percent of the voting public are women—not smart guys. I do not know who is running your campaign—possibly Mr Joyce is still running your campaign—but boy are you off the mark. For the benefit of the last two National Party contributors let us be clear: these are two more little boxes saying Male" and "Female" that are added to a form of all this information that already goes to the Ministry of Business Information and Employment every year. It is not a new form Ms Kuriger. It is not more red tape. Your Government put in place this red tape. All that Jan Logie is asking for is two more little boxes and one tick. Crikey dick ladies let us get with it. The other thing about this is that one cannot deny and the Government members stood up and said—and actually that was really interesting from Ms Hayes. She stood up and said: "This bill is outdated because this Government has done this and this and this and this for pay equity." The gap is getting bigger. The gap between men with children and women with children is 17 percent—17 percent between men with children and women with children. Then when you get down to men without children and women without children we get to 5 percent so in the middle we have got an average—right? So it is there—we know it is there. What did this Government do? After a series of court cases where it was forced by a woman to actually front this issue it finally did some changes. It finally did some legislation. What those members down the other side have done to try to avoid any more court cases with regard to the support staff in schools is they are trying to actually create some sort of approach of "Well you can negotiate and we'll tell you how you can negotiate. But really it's on you ladies to have a choice."—and I say "ladies" knowing that that is a condescending phrase because that is the way this Government treats women right? That is the way this Government treats women to the point that it took away the budget from the Ministry for Women. The last Minister for Women was outside Cabinet so she did not even have a seat at the table and members of this Government rant on about boards being 48 percent women—good on you! We are actually talking about the women who are doing the cleaning. We are talking about the women who are working in our rest homes. We are talking about the women who are now electrical apprentices like my niece. I want to make sure that when she is qualified she will get the same as any man. I want to create an environment where if an employer is paying a woman less they can explain why. But without the evidence how do we make them explain why? It is not that hard. The National Government has sent the women out and thrown them under the bus. Shame on you National for doing that to your women MPs and I am so sorry that that is the party you are part of ladies."