Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Deputy Prime Minister): When there was a severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak at the start of this century, there was a pandemic policy put together where not one epidemiologist was on the planning committee, and here we are now with the COVID outbreak again and we have to learn some real lessons. We can hope for a worldwide vaccine, but we will not be able to say that's enough for any future pandemic variations or new viruses. We live, after all, in an interconnected world, and our response is critical. The number one responsibility of members of Parliament, before their party, is to save lives, and a duty to protect the economy with all the jobs and general welfare which spring from it. The power the Government deploys to do so comes down to our bureaucratic arrangements.