The Government has known that this legislation would lapse and has failed to put in place a transitional process to protect the pay of these essential workers while negotiating their pay equity claims. It is beyond disappointing that a Labour Government with an outright majority isn't willing to go further for support workers and for all underpaid sectors. The Green Party has always been clear that care work needs to be valued properly. It does. We have always been clear that the work done by women, particularly by Māori and Pasifika wāhine, in caring for our communities is the bedrock of our society. It is the bedrock of our community. We also acknowledge that there is a massive staffing crisis in care work because of the terrible pay and conditions. That could have been addressed if the Government had done their homework and got pay equity sorted in time.