Brown SimeonSIMEON BROWN (National—Pakuranga): Thank you Madam Chair. I would like to continue to talk about—CHAIRPERSON (Poto Williams): I hope this is a relevant call without repetition.SIMEON BROWN: Absolutely Madam Chair and I've got a number of relevant calls to make about the topic here which we're discussing which is Amendments to take effect on 1 July 2020". I think it's important to reflect that this bill is about increasing taxes not once but twice on motorists—once this year on 1 July and another time next year on 1 July 2020—by increasing excise tax by another 3.5c plus GST.I would like to ask the Minister of Transport how he feels with his sun feelings and moon feelings as he puts in place a second tax or is that just about trying to improve the Government's locus of control by being able to force another two taxes on motorists over the next two years? That does not reflect well on what is a so-called wellbeing Budget.I would like to ask a number of questions which come from the "Impact Summary: Increases to Petrol Excise Duty and Road User Charges". The first question I would like to ask the Minister is around the costs and benefits. It says here that "It is not possible to complete a detailed cost benefit analysis at this time" and I would like to ask the Minister why a detailed cost-benefit analysis has not been completed on these increased taxes and to also outline to the committee what in his view the cost-benefit analysis will be.Further down in that part of this document it says that "For the purposes of this analysis the Ministry of Transport is assuming that the overall [National Land Transport Plan] programme will have a BCR of greater than one so there will be a net-benefit from a higher level of investment." I would like to ask the Minister whether he can give his assurances to the committee that this increased tax will have a positive cost-benefit analysis because there are huge assumptions being made here in regard to the programme of works that this tax is going towards paying. That is a question which I'm sure motorists up and down this country would like to have an answer to if they are going to be required to pay this additional excise on 1 July 2020 because when we are asked to pay additional taxes motorists and taxpayers are willing to pay that additional money if they understand where that money is going to and that it will actually have a positive benefit on their lives.I would like to know from the Minister whether the ministry has conducted a cost-benefit analysis on all of the different projects which are in the Government policy statement and whether they all do have—the ones which are funded—an actual cost-benefit analysis which is above one because I think that's an important piece of information. Motorists who will be paying this petrol tax have a right to know that the money that they are paying is actually going to go towards projects which are actually going to provide more benefit than the cost to what they will be paying.I would also like to just make the point again that this increased tax will be regressive and I know that the Minister has tried to refute that by saying this is only a small increase—only a small increase. This 3.5c increase might sound like a small increase but that's 3.5c on top of the 3.5c we're going to get this year on 1 July 2019 and now we're talking about an additional 3.5c next year.Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi: And GST.SIMEON BROWN: Plus GST—that's quite correct Mr Bakshi. That is an additional 15 percent on top of these two taxes and in Auckland and in my electorate of Pakuranga it's not only these two taxes; it's last year's 3.5c increase and the 10c increase in the regional fuel tax plus GST.This is not a small increase. What we are looking at for people in my electorate is an over 20c per litre increase in their taxes. That is not insubstantial. And how about the people in Ōtara? How about the people that Mr Bakshi represents in south Auckland and the real impact that it has on people particularly those on fixed or low incomes? This is a regressive tax this is an increased substantial tax and the Minister should take responsibility for what this tax actually is.CHAIRPERSON (Poto Williams): I will take the Hon David Bennett but I have to say my patience is being tested in terms of repetition and I will sit the member down if I find repetition."