Business Statement

Today, the House will adjourn until Tuesday, 4 May. The start of the annual review debate will be rescheduled for that day. The Immigration (COVID-19 Response) Amendment Bill will complete its remaining stages. Other legislation to be considered will include the first reading of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill and the second readings of the Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Bill and the Fair Trading Amendment Bill.

Thank you to the Leader of the House for those remarks. Can I ask him whether or not the Government will give some thought in the upcoming recess to the re-establishment of the Epidemic Response Committee?

The Epidemic Response Committee was established when Parliament was not able to sit, when question time could not happen, when the regular scrutiny of Government activity was not available to members of Parliament. That is no longer the case.