Fleming GregGREG FLEMING (National—Maungakiekie): Tēnā koe e te Māngai. Tuatahi tēnā koe kei te mema nō te Pāti Nāhinara. Te mutunga kē mai o te tangi o te reo i tēnei Whare.[Thank you Mr Speaker. Firstly I acknowledge the member from the National Party. Your voice sings incredibly in this House.]Saturday night I was out with Community Patrols of New Zealand in Onehunga. In my electorate of Maungakiekie we're privileged to have three excellent branches there from Mount Wellington to Ellerslie to Onehunga and I was in the latter one when we came across just a half an hour into a patrol the sight of a vehicle carelessly and flagrantly parked across a mobility parking space. The young man that came out when we got his attention down there on the Onehunga waterfront was very pleasant but he was completely unapologetic. There was absolutely no fear of his consequences there. I must also note my colleague from Whanganui apparently was out the same night—Carl Bates who's now more popularly known as Captain Everywhere".When I saw the unapologetic nature of this young man I was cross. In fact my thoughts immediately went to Raul Alejandro the deputy director of Venezuelan parks. And to paraphrase his response in that this context it would have been "This is outrageous. Where are the armed men who come in to take the mis-parkers away? Where are they? This kind of behaviour is never tolerated in Boraqua. You park like that they put you in jail right away no trial no nothing." But here in New Zealand I thought "What could be done?"I was at a loss but only for a short period of time because when I arrived in on Tuesday and saw the speaking list for this week I saw the special debate set down my heart leapt. I have the privilege of sitting on the Petitions Committee and I have come to love that committee in my short stay in Parliament because it provides open access to our democratic process across the country. During my time there I've seen dozens of great ideas but perhaps none as strong as this. So can I start by adding my thanks to Claire Dale for your relentless advocacy on this front.I eagerly read the reports the responses the counter-responses. I particularly appreciated the passion and clarity of you Claire. I felt like you were advocating for my mother and my mother-in-law who are both regular users and dependants of those mobility parking spaces. In fact right now my mother-in-law will be driving down Thorndon Quay looking for a park to attend my father-in-law's 84th birthday and as soon as we get out of this that's where I'll be heading to.So I shall get to my point. And my point is this: the frustration that I felt on Saturday night and that's been well-articulated here by many members already. A law that is not enforced is no law at all. We all know people who do the math and work out that parking fines in this country are so poultry that they may as well never pay them. They're better to just take the risk that one in 20 one in 30 times they receive an infringement notice and they pay that.The reality of it is that that has to change and that's why it's going to change under this Government because we've listened to the recommendations on Claire's petition and we've said six clear yeses. Yes to recommendation 1 the Minister of Transport will direct the ministry to undertake a full review of parking fees and fines. Significant change is coming. Recommendation 2 yes. Recommendation 3 consider support for road controlling authorities to develop technology for enforcing mobility parking. We heard the Minister direct councils around the country already to look at the example of Queenstown. We've got them in Onehunga as well. Change is coming. Recommendation 4 work with private sector car park operators to develop a code of practice for enforcing mobility parking. Again a resounding yes. As with recommendation 5 look at using technology from public parks and private car parks. Finally recommendation 6 undertake a public education campaign to improve understanding of mobility parking and why compliance matters—yes. In fact the Minister of Transport in the Government's review has already instructed road control authorities to do exactly that.I repeat: a law that is not enforced is no law at all. It's a foundational belief and principle of this Government and that's why we say "Yes yes yes yes yes and yes." We have listened to your advocacy Claire. We will make the changes. Justice is coming. Thank you Mr Speaker."