At the start of each Parliament, the House elects a Speaker and appoints a Deputy Speaker and two Assistant Speakers. Because of COVID-19, late last year we added a third Assistant Speaker to the workforce. Today, for various reasons, all three of our Assistant Speakers are unavailable to attend the House. Two will remain so for the rest of the week, so the House needs to fill these gaps so that it can continue to function properly, particularly given that we've got a number of committee stages that will be progressed this week where we need those presiding officers. David Bennett is indeed one of our longest-serving members of Parliament, having been elected since 2005, and has gallantly agreed to have his name put forward to be a temporary Assistant Speaker.