O'Connor GregLEMAUGA LYDIA SOSENE (Labour—Māngere): There is so much noise from that side they've finally decided to wake up. Thank you Mr Speaker. Labour opposes this bill. We oppose it because if you visit the Auckland international airport or if you visit the Auckland domestic airport be prepared because you are going to be in gridlock. The regional fuel tax that is now being repealed will affect many families in Māngere. Many lower socio-economic households were reliant on the transport initiatives that the regional fuel tax was assisting in terms of payment for the investment and it's really important because I want to take the second opportunity to highlight a very local project. It's been helpful to understand and to hear the contribution of the effects that the loss of the scope of the regional fuel tax—local projects across Tāmaki-makau-rau will be affected. What does that mean? Well it means taking from the left and putting to the right and for those communities who use public transport it's really important that we are very clear on our focus on this side of the House that when you have options you can catch public transport and you can ride your bicycle because there is a good cycle lane that has been planned and you can actually walk to school and you can walk to Māngere town centre.I want to highlight the practicality and the impacts of the loss of such a huge fund that has been invested in Tāmaki-makau-rau. In many communities the haves are fine the have-nots will not be fine and this will limit the choices of transport. Many of our young people work at the airport precinct and they will have to continue to drive their vehicles because of the lack of transport investment.I wanted to highlight Te Ara Mua which is a local project for future streets that has benefited from this funding. How we have benefited is that we have many more in our community including our mātuas some of them who are over 65 who actually have started riding bicycles. Why? Because the transport infrastructure has been inputted with the assistance of central government and with the assistance of Auckland Council and especially the elected members who have been able to test who have been able to be assisted in the design and who have been able to be consulted upon in terms of what safety initiatives look like. Many of those projects have had provided the evidence from the community with transport planners.So I wanted to remind our members of Government—who have come alive in the last 20 minutes—that it's just helpful for you to understand that when you come to the Auckland domestic airport be prepared. You are going to be gridlocked because if you can't get out of the lanes that go across the isthmus then it's going to take longer for the transport initiatives to be delivered.I want to emphasise this in this House and for it to be recorded: pedestrians and cyclists are people who feel safe on routes because they've been able to utilise the transport infrastructure that has been invested in. The reduction of traffic speed has enabled more lives to be saved because people understand that it's an actual local road and not a highway. The reduction of crashes having cyclists being safe and for the parents to actually be able to utilise the cycles rather than driving their children to school and getting the bikes out—those are the practicalities that have an effect in our local community.So just as I end off I just wanted to remind the Government members and I know we've been reminded time and time again by the Minister—notwithstanding that that side of the House won the election which is all good and well you've got lots of local communities who rely on having a safe public transport networks. I do not commend this bill. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Greg O'Connor): Dan—[Interruption] Look I can understand the frustration when some people don't get to speak but can you just allow your man to stand here so I can hear his call. Thank you—Dan Bidois.