van Velden BrookeBROOKE VAN VELDEN (Deputy Leader—ACT): Thank you Madam Speaker. I rise to take a short call on behalf of the ACT Party in support of the third and final reading of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Amendment Bill. This is a small and technical bill that I've had the pleasure of being part of as part of the Health Committee. It does a range of small technical amendments. One is to eliminate the indefinite treatment order another to minimise risk of harm to the patient and members of the public and staff when transporting people under orders from place A to place B and also removing the sunset date for the technical amendment that was done under the COVID-19 Response (Further Management Measures) Legislation Act.I want to start off by talking a little bit about the indefinite treatment order removal. This was because He Ara Oranga report stated that we needed to be more consistent with our international human rights obligations—and I agree that we do need to do that. I've had the privilege of being able to visit people who are held under indefinite treatment orders and I've seen firsthand what that looks like and I want to acknowledge the hard work that our carers and our mental health workforce do. I've seen people who genuinely become like family to people under those treatment orders—people who have worked there for 10-plus years who have known these people through their entire stays. It's such a privilege to see how much support they give on any given day but also to see I guess the love that they are showing to New Zealanders to be in that position and providing that support and I really want to acknowledge the difficult task it is to care for people who are our most vulnerable New Zealanders. I think it is right that we have eliminated the indefinite treatment order because I do believe that we do need to align ourselves with our human rights obligations.Secondly when it comes to the special patient transport it is a very difficult situation to be in where you are trying to uphold the safety of a person who is vulnerable who may not necessarily have mental capacity and also members of the public and other members of staff. I think it is right that we have defined how it is possible to use restraint to minimise harm to people in all aspects. The third part about removing the sunset date for COVID-19 emergency amendments is an interesting one for me because it's not often that the ACT Party has supported a COVID-19 response piece of legislation. But this is a very particular matter and that was because it was about audiovisual technology. And I think it was really important that in COVID times we actually allowed for people to go through normal processes to have assessments and to use new forms of technology. And so that's why I think this is also another very important step.Finally I would just like to acknowledge the people who took the time to submit in the select committee process. It is very hard at any stage of a parliamentary cycle to engage with legislation but it's also very hard when you're talking about mental health. A lot of people struggle not only just to explain the experiences that they've had themselves or experiences that they've seen from their families with family and friends but to do so with members of Parliament—and to come to Parliament and to do Zoom with people I think that is very brave. And I want to acknowledge the support that we should all show to people who go through the mental health system and to the family and friends because mental health does not just affect one person; it affects everybody in society. And so on that note I commend this bill to the House.