But there was no need for it to be a failure. In fact, if the Government had listened to their very own person, Heather Simpson, and her recommendations, it might not have. This bill is the so-called answer to the recommendations made by Heather Simpson in her 2020 report, which actually sought to improve healthcare across the country. It proposed to disestablish some health boards. Now, we on this side of the House would agree that not all district health boards (DHBS) have performed to expectation, and there is certainly a case to reduce by potentially merging some. But instead of streamlining the system, the Government, in its infinite wisdom, has chosen instead to bloat it—to inflate it. We would say that DHBs should be reformed, but to keep that locality of them. We would say that the Government's answer, of bloating the system with layers of bureaucracy between we the patients, we the public, and Ministers, is unacceptable. Labour, though, seems to think that you can resolve all issues, that you can achieve better health outcomes, by putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats. But we say it is better in the hands of locals—in the hands of those at the grassroots. 