It is a huge privilege to stand in this House tonight to be speaking on a piece of legislation that, in my view, has a number of people that have contributed to get it to this point. I want to acknowledge people across the House on this piece of legislation, because what I know is that, while we have managed to get this legislation to the House, there are members of Parliament, from different political parties, that have fought hard over the years to support greater second language learning in schools. I want to put on the record tonight my thanks to people like Steve Maharey, who has contributed in terms of my thinking around this legislation; and Sir Don McKinnon, who has done a huge amount in terms of Asian languages in New Zealand. I want to acknowledge people like Jeff Johnstone, who were involved in the development of this bill.