Davidson Marama; Mallard TrevorMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): The Greens are cautiously supporting and will be monitoring this the COVID-19 Public Health Response Bill. What we are very clear about is that every life matters no matter what age no matter what community and no matter what background or experience you have had and that has been the driving force behind the public health collective community approach in the way that the Government has operated. That very strategy is in fact what has also helped to minimise the impact of the very communities who stand to be harshly impacted on the most—those with the least resource those with the least support those whose immunities are compromised and those with long-term historical situations of being undermined by the current systemic biases in our health system. That is why the Greens have continually supported the overall approach of this Government in putting the public health and safety and wellbeing of everybody first unlike many other countries and many other approaches which have deemed some lives less important than others—some lives less valuable than others. That is the starting point of why we are looking to ensure that there is then a clear set of rules and a legal framework to be sure about what our police and what our ministries and agencies can actually do to uphold that approach. Not having a clear legal framework and not having clear guidelines will also negatively impact on the very communities that the Greens—that I—have long been standing up for—the very communities who have the least power and resource and networks and lobbying power to be able to have a strong influence in this very House of Representatives that has long been historically putting particular groups of people and communities at a disadvantage. We do need clear legal frameworks and the architecture behind what our agencies—our State agencies and our Government agencies—do to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all of our people. That is our starting point.Yes we must have every caution over the way that our civil liberties are being disrupted and again we have long been a clear voice in that instance and we will continue to monitor with caution and be wary of the disruption of those very civil liberties of the very way that we uphold to be able to live and move and breathe in this country. That is why—that is why—we are being very clear and worked really hard to put in place further checks and improvements on the disruption of those civil liberties.But let me be also clear: this is a global pandemic the likes of which I have not seen in my lifetime in this House the likes of which the Green Party has not had to deal with in our history. Those are extra considerations. Those are massive challenges that require yes a political balancing of disrupting our civil liberties. We understand why there has been the need—the safety-first the collective wellbeing - first need to disrupt those civil liberties.We also understand the validly held the passionately held worries that are coming from different communities right now to the ongoing disruption of those very liberties. I do again want to acknowledge the valid concerns of Māori low-income and brown communities who have long been at the unfortunate hand of the systemic racism and bias within our police and justice system. That much no longer even needs debating. It is very well-established including with the acknowledgment of the police themselves who I continue to look forward to working with as they seek to correct that injustice—that colonial historical and present-day injustice that they themselves acknowledge needs turning around. It is in that context which we have received fair outcry against the way that this bill has seemed to continue to run over those civil liberties of those communities in that context.We need to be absolutely clear that these broad-ranging powers will not continue to exacerbate those very inequalities that have always existed—that we will not see police or enforcement officers busting into my Manurewa and South Auckland communities as opposed to those house parties in Remuera. We will need to all be very clear that this is not what this bill can continue to support. We are all on record to make sure that we do not continue to see those injustices applied the way that they have been for such a long time.I wanted to go through very quickly some of the checks on warrantless entry powers that we have worked hard to be able to stand here and keep supporting the public collective—SPEAKER: I apologise for interrupting the member but it is coming up to 1 o'clock. The Government has indicated that it does not wish to continue urgency.Debate interrupted.The House adjourned at 12.59 p.m. (Wednesday)