Dr EMILY HENDERSON (Labour—Whangārei): The children of separated parents need both those parents to contribute to their financial wellbeing, and thus children need the State to run a collection agency for those contributions that is simple, certain, and fair. I commend this bill to the House because it is a step along the way to that goal. It is fairer because it accurately records the income that parents have, by taking into account interest and dividends. It is simpler because it gives parents who are newbies to the system a grace period within which they can be helped to understand. It does the same thing for defaulting parents—getting alongside rather than penalising them with undue penalties. It makes the system simpler by making payment as automatic as your student loan deductions. And, finally, it reduces uncertainty and it reduces the ability of some minority of parents to cause stress and uncertainty to their ex-partner by unrestrained demands for reassessment of income. It cuts those sorts of discussions off at four years. In summary, I commend this bill to the House because our kids need a child support system as short and sweet as this submission.