JAMIE STRANGE (Labour—Hamilton East): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise as the final speaker on the second reading of this bill. This bill is not about encouraging dependency; it's about supporting children and whānau and families. It's important that we take a long-term view of the full effects on a person's life of those first 1,000 days. My wife and I had four children under five years, which I probably would not recommend to anyone in this House, but there you go. I see that Nicola Willis fits in that club as well. Look, we were fortunate in our case that my wife was able to stay home for around six or seven years. It was very tight on the income, but being able to do that had a significant impact on the start of our children's lives. Now, I know that's not possible for everyone, but I'd just like to share a personal story in terms of the importance of that first 1,000 days, and this bill supports that. I commend it to the House.