Hon CARMEL SEPULONI: Removing this policy will provide more money to parents so they can provide more support to their children. There is also evidence from overseas suggesting that passing on child support can result in an improved relationship between the child and the non-custodial parent who makes the payment. This is essential in helping our tamariki have the best possible start in life. There will be 20,300 Māori who will be impacted by this change. The vast majority of them are Māori women—given that 88 percent of all sole parent beneficiaries are women. Overall this is a positive change which removes a policy which has unfairly discriminated against sole parents for decades.