This wasteful Labour Government has totally lost control of spending and now has an open chequebook policy, and I challenge them to deny it. I, on the other hand, will back this statement with reference to the Government's independent June 2021 Roche report on the Valentine's Day outbreak, where under item 16 it clearly says, "The Ministry has indicated that the 'chequebook is open,'". The Government's own independent review panel was stating, "The Ministry has indicated that the 'chequebook is open,'". That's why we're here today passing this bill, because this is a Government of open chequebooks that just pay their way through for anything they see fit to pay for, and, clearly, that is now failing New Zealanders. 