Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL (Associate Minister of Health): Mr Chair, thank you very much. It's a pleasure to speak to the House in committee tonight on this very important bill. I think it's worth just recapping some of past events, because it's been some time since the bill was last in the House. Just one of the things that I reflected on in our second reading debate most recently was that I think every party that spoke in the debate agreed on the importance of fluoridation as a health intervention to make sure that all people, but particularly young people, are able to enjoy good oral health. In a time when many important health interventions are subject to misinformation, I thought it was a heartening reflection on the state of our democracy that all parties would align themselves with science on such an important decision.