The bill also validates consular loans already granted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in good faith during the period after the Public Finance Act was amended in 2013 and before the ministry received in 2020 its current delegated authority from the Minister of Finance to lend money for this purpose. By advancing this bill, we will preserve an important tool in our tool kit for assisting New Zealanders who find themselves in distress and without other means of immediate assistance as they travel overseas and engage with the world. I commend the bill to the House.