Urgency

I move, That urgency be accorded the introduction and passing through all stages of the Taxation (Budget 2021 and Remedial Measures) Bill, COVID-19 Public Health Response (Validation of Managed Isolation and Quarantine Charges) Amendment Bill, and the introduction, first reading, and referral to select committee of the Education and Training (Grants—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill.

To briefly explain why each of those bills needs to be progressed under urgency, the first increases the minimum family tax credit from 1 July, so needs to come into force as soon as possible. The second deals with a technical issue around the lawful collection of managed isolation and quarantine fees from Australians who are not normally resident in New Zealand but, because of a technical issue with the way our immigration rules work, have been deemed to be such. And the third one allows the Government to implement the pay parity for early childhood education teacher commitments contained in the Budget.