The Government wants to ensure that all New Zealanders have an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to society. The child support scheme is intended as a back up when parents do not live together and are struggling to come to an arrangement. Ensuring that children continue to be financially supported by their parents, even when they don't live together, is critical to the outcome for children and their families. The scheme currently helps provide financial support to around about 185,000 New Zealand children. We have an obligation to those children to ensure that the child support system works as smoothly and efficiently as possible. The fundamentals of the scheme are sound, but how the rules are administered can be improved. That is why I'm proud to introduce this bill.