Hon EUGENIE SAGE (Chairperson of the Environment Committee): Kia orana, Mr Chair. As chair of the Environment Committee, I will take a brief call on the Votes that the committee considered, and that was for the 2021-22 Estimates: Vote Conservation, Vote Environment, and Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. The committee was very pleased to welcome back Minister Kiritapu Allan from medical leave, and we also heard from the Acting Minister Verrall.