I'd like to acknowledge the work of the Epidemic Response Committee for the careful deliberation on this bill, given the very, very tight time frame they were given to do that. In particular, I understand I should acknowledge the acting chair of the committee, Michael Woodhouse, for being a steady pair of hands in shepherding this bill through what was undoubtedly a very short select committee process. I'd like to thank everybody who made a submission on the bill. I know that the Epidemic Response Committee were impressed by the way, at very short notice, submitters had carefully considered the amendments in the bill, and I believe that the bill has been improved as a result of those submissions and the committee's deliberations. 