Seymour DavidDAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): Well I was going to rise on behalf of the ACT Party in support of this bill and then Tracey Martin got up and said 80 percent of it was New Zealand First policy. I thought about that for a while and I've always said that if New Zealand implemented New Zealand First policy we'd be in a state of national crisis and in a roundabout way that's precisely where we've got to. So maybe this bill is worth supporting under these circumstances. It is a bill that I think has some near misses it's a bill that's got a few hits and a bill that's got a few things that we should just note and be a bit cautious of. One of the things that we should be a little bit cautious about relates to information sharing. I know that to talk about civil liberties at this time is not entirely fashionable but one of the first battles that I was engaged in in Parliament was on the Finance and Expenditure Committee when the Ministry of Social Development wanted to be able to access the IRD's information. As a select committee—particularly I watched some of the more senior members of Parliament fight back against it because they knew what it meant. They knew that the Inland Revenue Department has extraordinary powers to access people's information and with that comes greater responsibilities for using information than other departments. I think it's OK in this instance because the information sharing only relates to COVID-19 and therefore it is time-limited and let's hope for a very short time. But I want to flag that for the House. We need to be cautious about such matters that normally would be a major issue of people's privacy and civil liberty being dealt with at this time. There are issues such as the extension of the winter energy payment. I think it's important to put on record that initiatives taken through this time should be focused first and foremost at the public health aspects of fighting COVID-19 and secondly at ensuring New Zealanders' economic security. Now people who are in receipt already of Government benefits who are able to stay home thanks to Government benefits first of all are not in danger like people who work are and second of all are going to struggle to stimulate the economy from their couch. So I think it has been a misstep by the Government to increase transfer payments in those areas. On the other hand the removal of the earned income tax credit for those who have fallen below the standard 20 or 30 hours required to get the earned income tax credit—through no fault of their own but because of COVID-19 the precise issue we are addressing right now—that is absolutely right and proper. The extension of more benefits to those on work visas who have also had their visas automatically extended is absolutely right and proper because this country relies upon people on temporary work visas. Our economy wouldn't work if it wasn't for people that come from offshore and work in the New Zealand economy in our firms and so it is absolutely right and proper. The Government response to this time is to give some relief to those people who came to our country to help out and earn some money. They in turn in return for the taxes they paid need some help and it's correct that they should receive it. There are other initiatives such as increasing the threshold for the provisional tax—again an excellent initiative that will improve the cash flow of businesses affected by this crisis. It will mean that a lot of businesses whose tax bill is not so great will not have to pay provisional tax on a regular basis this year and that is extremely helpful under the current circumstances.Other issues—I said there were some near misses. I think while it's welcome that we are changing the depreciation rules around building and while it's welcome that we are lifting the threshold from 500 to 5000—another matter on this bill which I'd have to come back to; I don't have it in front of me—and they are sensible changes it is not obvious why they're links to the current crisis. I say this and I want to record it in the House because the Government's going to have to make more decisions like this. They've just got under the Epidemic Preparedness Act the right to alter legislation just from the Prime Minister and the Minister and the chief executive agreeing to alter legislation by Order in Council. So it's worth while we still have the House sitting putting on record that the initiatives taken should be temporary and directly linked to the actual crisis. Some of the initiatives in this legislation are; others are not and it's really important that we make sure that we adhere to the difference between the two. So without anything more from me despite its alleged overlap with the New Zealand First manifesto I'd like to commend this bill to the House.Bill read a third time.