Scott AlastairALASTAIR SCOTT (National—Wairarapa): I rise and very proudly support this taxation bill because the consequence of this bill delivers for all New Zealanders. It delivers the dividends of a successful Government. It delivers the dividends of a thriving economy because without that there would be no dividends of success. There would be no tax cuts available. There would be no increase in accommodation allowance and there would be no ability to improve the family tax credit system.The previous speaker Grant Robertson talked about his side of the House—his side of the House—opposing this bill. But in fact that is not the case. The reality is that there is only one party opposing this bill. All other parties in this House are supporting this bill. Labour is the only one that does not care about those people who will benefit from this bill. So I would like to say that once more: Labour is isolated. So I suggest that its members reflect on that when they go home to bed tonight because they are the only ones not supporting this bill in the House.This bill does make a difference. It makes a difference to those who have children and those who are working. There is that improvement and increase in Working for Families tax credits which will affect thousands of families. The accommodation allowance again affects thousands of families. What this bill significantly does is it pulls one-third of those children who are currently in families or households that are below half the median income—those who have been described as by one measure at least children in poverty. This bill takes one-third of those children out of that category—out of that category. That therefore demonstrates that those parties supporting this bill do care about those who are least well off—who are least well off. That is the thrust of this bill.So I would like to acknowledge the support of the Greens and New Zealand First members who would not normally support everything we do and I would just like to acknowledge the support and the recognition by those two parties' members who acknowledge the target that this bill is aimed at because it matters.This bill does increase accommodation allowances and to say—as the Opposition has tried to say—that it subsidises landlords is just a nonsense. If we wanted to subsidise landlords we could do other things. The money here goes to the tenant. And it might well go to the landlord but it enables and gives hard alternative cash into the pockets of those tenants so they are able and they do have an increase in their disposable—The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Not in the bill.ALASTAIR SCOTT: —income as a result of those accommodation allowances.Similarly the family tax credits—basically treating all the kids the same and moving them to the higher bracket—puts more cash into the pockets of those families affected. And of course the change in the tax bands affects all those taxpayers—in fact all those taxpayers to a greater or lesser degree.The Opposition talks about the rich getting richer as a result of the change in the tax bands—20 bucks a week. By implication it wants to increase taxes on those who earn $52000 or even $60000—so anything above the median wage. By implications those members think that those people who are also Kiwis who are also working hard who are also contributing to their community should be taxed more. But this party delivers for all New Zealanders. This bill delivers for all New Zealanders and based on that I commend this bill to the House.