The second language learning bill and its consequent dumping that is about to happen is deeply disappointing. Killing this bill is narrow-minded. It misses a golden opportunity to equip our children with greater language skills and well-established, well-researched cognitive benefits that come with learning a second language. I think members on the other side of the House know in their hearts they're doing the wrong thing. Many of them have got up and spoken at length to the benefits to children of learning a second language. The National Party, on this side of the House, believes that every child in primary and intermediate school should have the opportunity to learn a second language. We know, through countless studies, that speaking more than one language has enormous cognitive, cultural, social, and economic benefits, so this bill is a big opportunity for our country.