KAREN CHHOUR (ACT): Thank you for the opportunity to speak on this bill today. This bill, the Education and Training Amendment Bill, seeks to make some amendments to the principal Act. I stand here not only as a parent of four children who have been through the New Zealand education system but I also know as a grown-up how hard life can be when the education system lets you down. So ACT will support this bill through its first reading so we can make sure we get this right, for all our children's futures.