DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I rise on behalf of the ACT Party in support of this legislation to its first reading. We believe the Medicines Amendment Bill (No 2) should be examined by a select committee, and I want to go through some of the reasoning in why that is, but first I just note the previous member, Teanau Tuiono, said he had great faith in the Health Committee to scrutinise legislation on behalf of the people of New Zealand, scrutinise the Government's response on behalf of the people of New Zealand. This is the committee, dominated by Labour members, that has repeatedly refused to get officials before it in order to examine New Zealand's COVID-19 response. This is the committee that has actually gained infamy for the behaviour of a previous chair in not allowing Opposition members to ask questions on behalf of the public. And bear in mind that the Health Committee was performing that task in the absence of a COVID-19 epidemic response committee, which the Government has repeatedly refused to have re-formed, despite, or perhaps because of, the success that it had in scrutinising the Government's COVID response back in 2020. I think that has to be said when you hear someone say that they've got great faith in the Health Committee, because it's actually been a sore spot for our democracy and for New Zealanders wanting representation to be effective throughout the COVID-19 saga. 