We also know, when you increase wages for people on lower incomes, this money is more likely to be spent creating greater prosperity for our economy. Fair wages are not only the right thing to do, they are the road to prosperity for all. And this is not a new idea. In fact, in 1938, the then Prime Minister, Michael Joseph Savage, told an enthusiastic audience, packed into the Wellington Town Hall—and I quote—"No one can say that reduced wages will help trade or bring about prosperity. When workers have money in sufficient quantities, trade, industry, and production are buoyant, but the moment that wages are reduced, the very reverse is the case." Labour still stands for fairness. We did then and we do today. Labour stands for high wages and for a strong and prosperous economy. We stand against those who would drive down wages in the race to the bottom, as has been mentioned, or who would take the labour of workers and leave them unable to spend time with their families or take care of their children. 