So when the Leader of the House, in moving this motion earlier, said that the Epidemic Response Committee served a useful purpose, he greatly understated it. The Epidemic Response Committee served a vital purpose: the only truly democratic option for scrutiny of the actions of a Government during a state of emergency when Parliament was adjourned and we as members of Parliament were, effectively, forced away from this House of Representatives to which we were elected. We still aren't functioning in the way that we would expect to be able to, in the way that the public expected us to be able to when they made their decisions at the 2017 general election. Until such time as they have their rights restored as members of the public, can be sure that their voices are being heard, that their concerns are being listened to and responded to, we should not be disestablishing the one committee that protected their interests.