GEORGINA BEYER (NZ Labour--Wairarapa): I take a brief call to comment on some of the background to the bill. The amendments in the bill that relate to the domestic purposes benefit and the widows benefit form part of the wider work of implementing a new approach to social development for working-age beneficiaries in New Zealand. Social development is a concept that encompasses the notions of productive investment in people, intersectoral cooperation, and sustainable outcomes. In the past, social welfare has been aligned more closely with redistribution and notions of consumption, compartmentalised assistance, and short-term employment gains. Social development attempts to harmonise social policy and economic development, so that the two arms of development work together for sustainable outcomes and economic growth. I commend the bill to the House.