Bennett DavidHon DAVID BENNETT (National): Thank you Mr Speaker. What an interesting debate we've had today on this topic. The Minister of Transport had to resort to personal attacks when he felt threatened because of the failures he has engaged in. All I did to the Minister was outline his failures in the transport sector. All I did was say that he was the one that wanted to have a walking and cycling bridge across the harbour that never eventuated. All I said is he closed down roading projects across the regions of New Zealand and then had to open up some of them but taking away some of the vital projects in this country. All I said to the Minister was that he has created potholes throughout the country and can't deliver on Auckland light rail his beautiful ambition to have in the transport sector. And all I said is that the Minister has resorted to dropping speed limits as a way to deal with transport issues.Now all those things shouldn't be so sensitive to a person should they that they have to come back and do personal attacks to try and justify their position? Because today we're doing another failure in transport. This bill is a failure because when we had select committee earlier in the year the sector came to us and said this could not happen in time. And the Minister sat in select committee and came to us and he said Don't worry I will do this. Don't listen to these submitters they are wrong." Now we are really doing it again.Hon Michael Wood: I didn't say that.Hon DAVID BENNETT: You did say that Minister. I was there. You came and submitted—DEPUTY SPEAKER: No I wasn't there. I didn't say anything Mr Bennett.Hon DAVID BENNETT: —in front of the committee and said that. Oh well you were there as well but the Minister did say that at the time. He came in to the committee and justified this legislation. And then this morning he tried to re-justify his view of the world around what this legislation actually means.When we actually look at it it is about the European standard for vehicles that are electric vehicles (EVs). That is not what we get in New Zealand. We are in the Japanese-Australian market; that is around hybrids. And then the Minister came in and said "Oh you don't understand. Hybrids also get a discount." They do not get the discount past 2026 do they Minister? A Suzuki Swift in 2026 is paying under this bill. A hybrid vehicle pays. Let's be honest with the New Zealand public. Let's not try and circumvent it and try and change the facts of what actually is happening.This is a bill for EVs to support the wealthy people that the Labour Party look after. And they talk about dumping of cars—the submitters on this made it very clear that this will mean that New Zealanders will hold on to their dirty vehicles. That is the consequence of this legislation because of the charges on hybrid vehicles going forward. And when we add together with the economic decline that we're seeing in the country at the moment people won't be going out there and buying new EVs next year; they will be trying to save money and we will get older dirty cars being held.DEPUTY SPEAKER: OK this is a good time to now having made that statement talk about how this bill will affect it because that's what we're here to do.Hon DAVID BENNETT: Well the bill is about that.DEPUTY SPEAKER: You will talk about how the bill will affect it.Hon Member: It's a third reading speech.Hon DAVID BENNETT: It's a third reading speech and the Minister made those comments in his response and I am answering those. Now we know that this bill will not achieve what the Minister says because he is only playing for time and it will actually achieve the opposite. And the Minister needs to say sorry to New Zealanders for what has been said and what has been done because he is a failure in transport—the greatest failure of a transport Minister this country's ever seen."