Hon MICHAEL WOOD: That advice was considered, and I came to a different conclusion for the same reason that I come to a different conclusion whenever that member and that side of the House say that we need to hold down the wages of the poorest New Zealanders. We have shown that the reverse is true—that we can deliver a good minimum wage for working New Zealanders at the same time as having one of the fastest-growing economies and the lowest unemployment rates in the developed world.