Pugh MaureenMAUREEN PUGH (National): Thank you Mr Speaker. I'm going to talk today about lockdowns as well—COVID seems to be the theme of the day. But I want to focus on a medical practice in West Coast-Tasman. I had a chat with the co-owner and practice nurse at that clinic yesterday and my heart broke for them. They employ 10 people at that practice and they are vital to the community that they work in. They're huge community contributors and they are a critical part of the healthcare system in West Coast-Tasman. But they haven't had a holiday for over two years and the reason for that is that they have been using the skills of an offshore GP who comes to New Zealand every year. He has a great holiday here because he loves New Zealand and he at the same time is able to give relief to the doctor and the practice nurse so they can have a break. But of course he's been locked out and he's been locked out through the choked managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) system that is operating here in New Zealand.But these guys have had no relief over the last couple of years and have reached the end of their tether. That's what was heart-breaking: they've been bogged down by the restrictions that yo-yoing in and out of lockdown—remember the yo-yoing? We weren't going to have yo-yoing because we were going to go hard and fast in March last year. Well we've yo-yoed in and out of various levels of restrictions for the last 18 months and what's happening now is they are finding it most difficult to maintain their energy—they have had enough.But it's not only just for them. It's for other industries and businesses across the South Island. For some unknown reason—and we don't argue with the lockdown restrictions but we don't understand them. So my colleagues from the South Island joined me in writing to the Prime Minister asking for the rationale asking for the expert evidence that has been delivered to her so that she can make those decisions. Because everybody has trusted in those decisions and has played their part but the team of 5 million and this GP and their practice nurse they need some time on the bench. But they can't plan for that now because they've got no one to relieve them and there's just not a surplus of locum GPs floating around this country.So in terms of un-choking this MIQ facility what happened then? The Government last week announced their big plan was to launch their lotto lobby". And so what they've got now is 27000 - odd people trying to find 3000 spaces in MIQ. And if you work it out over the three months that were allocated it's about 35 beds a day that they are releasing and now of course we've got 20000 - odd people on a waiting list in the "lotto lobby" and it's going to be just luck of the draw whether they will ever find a space. But I was able to say to this doctor and their practice nurse last night "There is hope". Because today National launched their plan that shows New Zealand there is a way out of this dilemma that the Labour Party seems determined to keep us locked into. We will be opening up and that is the plan that National has launched today.But it isn't just about unblocking the choked MIQ system; it is also about opening up the economy. If we don't open up the economy our children definitely—definitely our children—but our grandchildren and great-grandchildren are going to be paying the price. This Government up until the end of May was borrowing $14 million a day. So this country is still being anaesthetised to the economic pain and once that anaesthetic wears off it is going to hurt this country. We now at the end of May owed $101000 million. Now if places like that hospitality sector on the West Coast in Fox and Franz Haast even in Golden Bay and other places that are hurting—that GP practice is hurting. We want this Government to open up this country. National has given them the tonic to do that—SPEAKER: Order! Order! The member's time has expired."