Hon LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupō): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'm pleased to rise and stand in support of this legislation, the Accident Compensation (Maternal Birth Injury and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. Sixty thousand babies are born in this wonderful country we live in, and what most people don't realise is that 85 percent—85 percent—of women in New Zealand experience an injury in the process of giving birth. Some are substantial and some aren't. It's one of those areas that I think it's really important that we explore further, because there will be far too many women whose lives are permanently affected by this. The member before me, Sarah Pallett, spoke in terms of her professional experience of the physical and physiological impacts of giving birth, but actually just as important is then the impact on women's maternal mental health as a result of some of these injuries, and I think it's important that we consider this.