Severin Toni; Dean JacquiTONI SEVERIN (ACT): Thank you Madam Speaker. Again like my fellow colleagues I'm speaking in the third stage of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Extension of Act and Reduction of Powers) Amendment Bill. As I said earlier on it's a bill of two halves—one half that we're very happy with in the reduction of powers but not the other half with the extension of the Act. As ACT has been saying it's been time to move on since October 2021. Yes we still know that there are vulnerable people out there in the community. However we have also learnt that you give people the information and people are smart—they do realise it. As I mentioned in my earlier speeches we now have people taking care if they're sick. They don't come to work or if they think they're getting something they are masking up. And we all have vulnerable people that we know—loved ones and good friends—so nobody wants to be able to pass any virus or any infection on to them. And COVID is just one of many viruses. And yes it is new. Yes we have now learnt a lot more about it but we've also seen what has been going on around the world. As the Minister said we've also now got passive immunity as well as vaccination immunity. We also now have antiviral meds that we didn't have before so we still have many things in our tool kit to help people. But the biggest thing of all is we need to be responsible for ourselves. We can't always rely on the Government to be able to act fast enough either. So we've got to keep looking out for ourselves and our loved ones because we just never know what sort of virus will arrive into the country or is already here. As we're saying we've got measles—we've had an outbreak a few years back on that. So the biggest thing of all is that I think we have learnt a lot but I think it is definitely getting close to the time that we move on from these orders. I'm also very happy that I am seeing less and less of the COVID orders coming through our Regulations Review Committee which has been great—Rachel Brooking: Oh don't you miss them?TONI SEVERIN: We go through them with a good fine comb. Yes fellow Regulations Review Committee colleague over in the House there. We go through them very very stringently to make sure that it's not going to encroach on people's rights. And then also as my colleague here on my left for the Greens said I support finally removing the power of warrantless entry into private dwellings and marae. I understand yes that they needed to put this into place but still you know if we treat people like adults then people will do most of the time what is right. We do know that not everyone does but the majority of the population does. And the other thing is all these orders have really made New Zealand very divisive. You know there's been so many problems from many different factions of New Zealand. You know families business people—everybody—are pitted against each other because of particular orders that have happened in the past. So this is why we've being saying that we need to move on. We don't want these. We're glad to get rid of most of these divisive powers that are here. But we know and also start to wonder what more would happen in the case of if". And I know that they're still here because of that "if" and that possibility but the biggest thing of all is I think New Zealand has learnt a lot in these last two years and I think we're now ready to just carry on and move forward and do the best that we can to keep everybody as healthy as possible no matter what the future brings. And as I said before COVID is here to stay. It's one of many risks one of many viruses that we have around the world. And ACT says yes we're happy that you removed a lot of the powers. However we said it's time to go. So ACT opposes this bill.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Debbie Ngarewa-Packer—five-minute call."