SpeechDr JIAN YANG (Chairperson of the Governance and Administration Committee): As chair of the Governance and Administration Committee I'm here to briefly summarise the main findings of the portfolios under the select committee. Now the committee has a wide range of portfolios including Vote Internal Affairs Vote Statistics Vote Parliamentary Service Vote Office of the Clerk Vote Prime Minister and Cabinet Vote Ombudsmen and Vote State Services. Now in addition to this a total of seven Ministers are responsible for appropriations in Vote Internal Affairs. The appropriations for these Votes largely remain steady. Vote Statistics appropriations for 2020-2021 increased by $41.2 million. The increase is mainly to boost funding for the next census which will take place in 2023. Appropriations for Vote Ombudsmen also increased substantially. The proposed increase of 33 percent reflects the expanding monetary role of the Office of the Ombudsmen.A common feature for all these Votes is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic has had some net impact on the progress of a number of programmes and projects it has exacerbated digital services in many Votes. The Votes also made various contributions in the Government's response to the pandemic.The committee discussed issues of interest in each Vote. In Vote State Services the committee spent quite some time on the Public Service's response to COVID-19. We were told that there is an expectation that each agency will review its performance. In Vote Internal Affairs the committee discussed a range of issues including the three waters reform and the fire and emergency levy which has increased by 40 percent. In Vote Statistics the committee discussed the lessons learnt from Census 2018. The five-yearly census is the flagship of New Zealand's official statistics system. A major problem with the 2018 census was the very poor response rate for Māori Pasifika and other populations that were hard to reach online. The Government's response to this issue is to fund an engagement strategy to work with various stakeholders and fund many more staff in the field. Census 2018 reviewed a number of gaps in the Government's overall data systems. Examples are data about iwi affiliation and use of Te Reo Māori. We were told that a data investment plan was being developed by the Government data system. Now it would be good if the Minister could give us the time frame for the plan. The next census is just about three years away so we should maximise this variable in building up our administratory data.In Vote Office of the Clerk and Vote Parliamentary Service the committee was particularly interested in issues relating to the two Votes working together and also we looked at the Francis review parliamentary accommodation and security and other issues. In Vote Prime Minister and Cabinet the committee focused on the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet's response or involvement in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The day before our hearing with the department two new cases of COVID19 were announced—two people who left managed isolation on a compassionate exemption to travel from Auckland to Wellington without being tested for COVID-19. Naturally we were concerned about this. We were also concerned about other anecdotal evidence of procedures not being followed.The above is a quick summary of the findings of the Governance and Administration Committee. I'm sure other committee members will make their contributions and ask some questions. Thank you.