Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: This morning I announced alongside the health Minister, Dr David Clark, that Budget 2020 will deliver the biggest ever increase in the funding of district health boards. The different abilities of Governments around the world to respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted just how important it is to have well-funded public services like our health system. The $3.92 billion boost to DHBs is a 9 percent increase of funding following on from 5 percent and 4.5 percent increases in the previous years. It is added to by $282.5 million for a planned care catch-up programme. Budget 2020 will continue this Government's record of tackling the legacy of underfunding and neglect of our health system.