DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I reluctantly join in support of this motion to form an epidemic committee. Let me put that in the context that New Zealand is one of only seven countries to have maintained democracy throughout the entire 20th century. Our Parliament did not stop sitting for world wars. For the Parliament to adjourn for a national emergency is not only unprecedented but it is, perhaps, a bad time to do it, because at this time the Government has just taken more civil liberties than at any peacetime juncture in our history: freedom of association and freedom of movement. Now, don't misunderstand me, they're necessary. It's the right thing to do that people stay home and keep distant in order to beat this virus, but it's still a fact.