Allan KiritapuKIRITAPU ALLAN (Labour): I'm delighted to be able to take a call. Thank you very much Madam Chair Williams. I didn't think I caught your attention or eye but tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare.The Rates Rebate (Retirement Village Residents) Amendment Bill is actually the first bill I had the opportunity to speak on post maiden speech in its second reading coming through the House. I just want to pick up on a couple of issues in the two Supplementary Order Papers that have been introduced into the committee this afternoon and acknowledge the work by the member the Hon Ruth Dyson in adequately addressing some of the questions that came through.In particular I just want to turn my attention briefly to Supplementary Order Paper 9 which amends the commencement date to 1 July 2018. I understand that the concerns were—actually our colleague across the Chamber the member Brett Hudson mentioned that he had grave concerns about the compliance costs. I guess the second point that logically flows on from that was whether or not this bill addressed any of the harms or the burdens that may be borne by those entities that would have to amend some of their practices. So I commend the member for introducing this Supplementary Order Paper that as I understand it is intended to give those entities and also the local authorities the mechanisms and the time to enable the relevant entities to amend their practices and give it time to come in.But I was reflecting more broadly on I guess the people that will benefit from this bill. I think it was that chap the 38th Vice-President of the United States—here it is Hubert Humphrey—The moral test of a Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life the children; those that are in the twilight of life the elderly; and those that are in the shadows of life the sick the needy and the disabled." Hubert Humphrey was actually the chief Government whip of his day when he was a sitting member in the mid-1940s in the United States—a member of the Democratic Party—and I thought it must be incumbent upon those that hold the regal title of chief whip to have a real penchant for social justice.Actually I just wanted to make a brief note because I know that the honourable member sitting in the chair this evening Ruth Dyson has contributed her lifetime towards fighting for those most vulnerable within our communities. This piece of legislation that's come through by way of a member's bill is indeed another instance of that—those that are most needy within my communities and actually within all of our communities.The situation that we find ourselves in now is a lot different than it was in 1973. In 1973 in the heydays of Norman Kirk—he was at the helm and when he introduced—David Seymour: I raise a point of order Madam Chairperson. I have great admiration for Hubert Humphrey Ruth Dyson and Norman Kirk. However I don't see how any of them are relevant to a particular clause on this bill. The purpose of the committee stage is to address specific clauses of a bill.Brett Hudson: I do believe that that matter is not a matter for a member to raise but one for the Chair or the Speaker to determine solely.The CHAIRPERSON (Poto Williams): Thank you. Thank you very much for both your interventions. I believe that the member's time has expired in any case."