Hon LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupō): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I rise to speak in this first reading of the Social Security (Financial Assistance for Caregivers) Amendment Bill, and I want to start my comments this evening by just saying what an extraordinary job the 15,000 caregivers in New Zealand provide for 22,000 children whose parents are unable to care for them for a range of reasons. Those caregivers, whether they are caregiving for children who are in the care of the State or looking after children within their immediate whānau or extended whānau, take on quite a challenge, and National accepts that there are some issues that need to be addressed; so we will be supporting this bill to select committee, but I do just want to raise a couple of areas that will require consideration by the select committee.