Seymour DavidDAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): I wish to speak to the title clause. I think it is absolutely appropriate that the Land Transport Act is being amended and amended for the second time in this Parliament—hence its title Land Transport Amendment Bill (No 2). The reason is that land transport does frequently change and some of the changes are addressed well in this bill. For example in central Auckland and in the Epsom electorate where we have eight train stations the use of public transport has gone through dramatic growth and change but with that comes serious challenges and problems. One of those has been fare evasion. People in my electorate have asked how it can be possible that it is not an offence and it cannot be enforced when people evade fares. It seems common sense that if you take something that is not yours even if it is a service you should be able to be forced to pay under the law. That is one example of how this bill will improve land transport and why the title which implies we are amending the Land Transport Act for the second time in this Parliament is so appropriate.In this stage we have introduced Jami-Lee Ross' Supplementary Order Paper 350 which will introduce fines and penalties for people who are doing windscreen washing. Again this is something that has come about as a result of changes in land transport and the way that people use it. It is actually related to the fare evasion issue because the police in Epsom tell us that we have a problem with people who use what they call the free train" having evaded fares and then go about windscreen washing and committing other crime as related activities. So it is reasonable that an infringement notice regime as introduced by Jami-Lee Ross' amendment to the bill is introduced in this amendment bill too. There are two major intersections in Auckland that are close to train stations and that do not have proper gating and in both those instances we have had an epidemic of crime related to fare evasion and windscreen washing children getting pushed off their bikes and having their cellphones nicked by people who have been breaking those two laws which have not been easy for the authorities to enforce under the current law.Another area where it is very appropriate to entitle this the Land Transport Amendment Bill (No 2) for this parliamentary term is around the kinds of companies that do business in New Zealand. Again I commend the Minister of Transport for his Supplementary Order Paper 351 which ACT has advocated for and strongly supported. That allows an entity that is otherwise based offshore to participate in the New Zealand land transport market by having a presence here in New Zealand. So long as it identifies somebody who can be identified as responsible for the company's operations in this country then that organisation is able to operate here. From the point of view of New Zealanders using land transport that is hugely important because again in central Auckland and particularly in the Epsom electorate people are using land transport in new and different ways. Literally hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders have signed up for Uber. But I would remind my friends on the other side of the Chamber who are in the business of making legislation in order to account for what they view as poor enforcement and picking on particular identities in a form of Venezuelan legislation: it is not just Uber; it is also for instance Chariot. It is also Lyft. We need an ecosystem of transport providers and ride-sharing companies in this country. This is amending the Land Transport Act to keep up with the changes that are coming about in the way New Zealanders use land transport and so again that introduction is highly appropriate.I am very proud to be supporting this bill. I think it could have done a lot more to facilitate ride sharing but what it has done is take another step in this parliamentary term to making it easier for New Zealanders to safely get around our country. Thank you."