GEORGINA BEYER (Labour): I am very proud to support the Child Support Amendment Bill (No 4), and I look forward to it coming before the Social Services Committee.

As this is only a brief call, I just have to express my disappointment, I guess, at the parties in this House that will not be supporting this bill even through this stage. Why does the National Party always seem to see the glass as being half empty? Why can those members not accept that an honest effort is being made here to enhance, we hope, at the end of the day, the lives of the very children whom this bill is wanting to support, and to make sure that those who are liable are, indeed, truly liable for what they do.

A number of members of the select committee have spoken today, and I can see that we will have a robust debate and a very interesting time during the hearing of submissions. We really look forward to it. This is a good bill to get our teeth into over the next wee while. I will certainly be there, chairing that select committee, and making sure we give the bill the best shot it can have. I support the bill.