Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): I've seen a range of reports that acknowledge the significant scale and the necessity of the package of measures I announced yesterday. This has come from banks, from employer organisations, and from union organisations, as well as economists. Economist Shamubeel Eaqub said the package "increases the capacity in the health sector to deal with the pandemic, a huge effort to avert job losses and business failure, [and] provides more money for those who need it most and will spend it". I have also seen reports from individual business owners welcoming the package, including Nickii Cui, the owner of the Shanghai Restaurant in Auckland, who said, "It's good that the Government has this policy. I feel confident … I'm hopeful because this Government is concerned about small businesses", and, indeed, from Michael Hollings, the Wellington employer of 70 people, who said, "The Government's relief package means we will be able to keep most of our workers in place." 