SpeechJAMI-LEE ROSS (Botany): Thank you Madam Speaker. I think I may end up being the only person in the House who plans to vote against this COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill. I voted against the principal Act. I notice the National Party did too but they've changed their view now on this amendment bill. I think the powers in this bill are equally as Draconian as those in the primary legislation. If anything they are worse in this particular piece of legislation. I will be consistent and I'll vote against this bill.Mr Brownlee's actually wrong. There are now restrictions being put in this legislation restrictions on New Zealanders returning home. Whilst we've talked a lot about the charging regime and what will be allowed for under this legislation regarding charging people in managed isolation facilities there's a new power being inserted in the section 11 orders; the section 11 orders of course being those orders which pretty much give the Minister or the director-general power to do pretty much anything if it's in the name of COVID-19. Now the Government is giving themselves the power to ensure that any person returning to New Zealand whether it's a New Zealander or a non - New Zealander has to satisfy any specified criteria before entering New Zealand. That means if a Government—if a National or a Labour Government—wants to seek restrictions even on New Zealanders returning home they can do so under these orders.Now I'm sure people will say Yeah but the bill of rights—you know they can't restrict people under the bill of rights." Well now there's an override of the bill of rights in here as well. The Minister has to be satisfied that orders don't limit the bill of rights or that there is a justified limit. But who makes the decision? It's the Minister. Parliament usually is the only body that can override the bill of rights by passing a piece of legislation. Now we're here passing a law which will give the Minister the ability to make a determination around the bill of rights and I think that's absolutely wrong. I also think that the people in this Parliament who have been talking about the managed isolation facility charging regime and the law being a balance between the rights of individuals or about the need for taxpayers to be let off the hook for some of these particular costs—this bill does not contain any restrictions. This bill does not contain any rights for individuals. All it does is outline a regime for the Government of the day to implement any particular regime they like. So when the Labour Party or Green Party say that they are opposed to those awful charges that the National Party want to put in actually the law here is the Government passing a regime which would allow the National Party to do what they want. So please don't make videos for Facebook saying you've protected New Zealanders and you've come up with a great regime that's good for returning Kiwis. Actually the Government they're passing a law which allows the National Party if they're in Government to do whatever they particularly want. I also take exception to the expectation that people should have to pay for their managed isolation when there are also in here some new powers around requiring people to undertake medical examinations and testing. Now these COVID-19 tests aren't just some simple swab of the mouth. It's a deep insertion of a swab right into someone's head which is very invasive. In fact the original regulatory impact statement identified by the lawyers that that was akin to a medical procedure. We no longer under law have the ability for people to refuse medical procedures because the section 11 orders make that almost impossible. But we've also got the Prime Minister who's on record saying that if you do not undertake a test you can't leave managed isolation. By putting in place on top of that a charging regime we will be inserting financial penalties against people who refuse a medical procedure. Let's just think about that for a second. The law will say you have to undertake a medical procedure. The law will also say the Government can charge you if you are in managed isolation. If you are someone who wants to conscientiously object to a medical procedure being performed on you you won't be allowed out of managed isolation and you'll be charged for the privilege of that detention. If we as a country are saying that managed isolation is important we're saying that's a public health response. We're saying that's a public good for New Zealanders. It's not just a public good for those returning; it's a public good for the whole country. Just as we don't require people to pay for the public good of normal healthcare we shouldn't be requiring people to be charged in this particular circumstance. For many months we have said this is a public good and it should be funded by taxpayers. We should continue doing that and we shouldn't be restricting New Zealanders returning home to their own country."