Social Security (COVID-19 Income Relief Payment to be Income) Amendment Bill

Mōrena. Talofa lava, everyone. The House is in committee on the Social Security (COVID-19 Income Relief Payment to be Income) Amendment Bill. For those of you who are new to the level 2 seating arrangements for committee of the whole House, I am in the Chair but I’m remaining here so that we can keep some safe distances, and the Minister remains and speaks from their seat. I remind members that the House has also agreed to trial the removal of your four-call limit in the committee stage. So I encourage you to keep your contributions focused—five minutes is not a target—and relevant to promote good interaction with the Minister in the chair. If you’ve seen it in the past, we’ve had the ability then to take short calls asking a question in interaction with the Minister. You can be safe in the knowledge, then, that you can take a number of short calls.

I seek leave for all provisions of this bill to be taken as one part.

Leave is sought. Is there any objection to that? There is.

Part 1 Substantive amendments