Hon KRIS FAAFOI: The Budget 2022 investment change is needed so the legal aid scheme can keep doing what it was designed to do. Eligibility for this scheme had become outdated, while hourly rates for legal aid lawyers have remained static since 2008. The effect of this was New Zealand was running out of legal aid lawyers willing to do legal aid work. As the number and cost of legal aid cases are projected to grow, we must be able to fund them. Budget 2022 provides that funding to cover the costs of existing demand for legal aid services based on projections through to 2024-25.