Brown SimeonSIMEON BROWN (National—Pakuranga): Thank you Madam Chair for the opportunity to take a call on the title and commencement debate. I'd like to offer to the Minister some new suggestions for this piece of legislation in terms of what it could be entitled because I think this particular piece of legislation has not been titled correctly. Currently it has the proposed title of Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Act 2021 and I would suggest to the member and to the House that in fact it should be called the Land Transport (Ute Tax) Amendment Act 2021". Because what we know from this piece of legislation is that this legislation is going to punish our farmers it's going to punish our tradies and it is going to increase the costs that they have to pay for their vehicles when they do not have an alternative for their vehicles. The reality is you can't take your tools on the train. You can't take your Tesla on the farm. The reality is some people actually need a ute.The very clear evidence which came through from the select committee and from submitters and from the manufacturers who actually make utes and make vehicles is that they will not be able to provide electric utes to the market for a number of years in New Zealand. So in the meantime the only alternative is that these people who have to purchase a ute for their work for their farm have to pay the tax and that will mean paying 15 to 20 percent more per vehicle instead as they are currently paying. Now that is a tax. That is effectively a tax on hard-working New Zealanders who are trying to contribute to this economy contribute to our country and to make a positive difference. But the chardonnay socialists on the other side don't care; what they're looking for is who they can get some money off—who can they get some money off so that they can subsidise the Teslas for their chardonnay socialist friends who can already afford to pay for those Teslas?This bill is not about simply trying to provide clean vehicles; it is about transferring money from people who are working working hard to pay for people who can already afford to pay and buy these electric vehicles. So I do suggest to the Minister that this bill should be retitled and renamed as the "Ute Tax Amendment Act 2021" because that is effectively what it is going to do.But we know it's not just our farmers it's not just our tradies who are going to be punished by this piece of legislation; we know it's people who can't afford to pay for the high cost of an electric vehicle who are going to be paying for those people who already can. And whether it's a young family trying to buy a slightly bigger car or it's the need to get a people mover those people who don't have current choices in the market they are going to be effectively paying.We know what's going to happen. Effectively what we're going to see is we're going to see people either hold on to the vehicles they already have—they're going to hold on to them for longer meaning that they hold on to the vehicle which is more likely to be dirtier more likely to emit more and they're going to hold on to that for longer. They will get it serviced. They'll do whatever it takes to hold on to that vehicle for as long as possible meaning our fleet in New Zealand doesn't actually improve over time as it should. What this legislation will do is have those perverse incentives inbuilt for a long period of time.I do recommend to the committee that this piece of legislation is amended to ensure that it actually reflects the incorrect title.Then in terms of the commencement section the feedback is very clear from the sector in regards to whether this bill and the implementation is actually an appropriate time frame. So I have put a tabled amendment effectively saying it should be around six months from now to actually give officials and the industry time to be able to prepare for its implementation. The reality is that this Minister may be very ambitious but there's a whole lot of people out there who run companies who bring vehicles into this country who sell them and who do a whole lot of other things and these people aren't just sitting there just waiting for the next piece of regulation to sit into their computer system.Andrew Bayly: Yes they do.SIMEON BROWN: Oh well according to Mr Bayly they just sit around waiting for the Government to tell them what their next move is to do. Andrew Bayly: Can't wait for Mr Wood to tell them what they're going to have to do. SIMEON BROWN: They just can't wait for Mr Wood to tell them from his high office there in the Beehive to "Just please please tell us what our next business decision is that we have to do." But that's not the real world.Out there in the real world people are actually working hard trying to get ahead when this Government is simply bringing in place new regulations new rules and new taxes every other day of the week. So these people are busy; they're already busy. They're already trying to keep their business afloat during an incredibly challenging time. They're already trying to navigate the supply chain issues which are impacting our supply chains which are impacting so many industries but particularly the importing car industry. It is also impacting the manufacturing of vehicles around the globe. These are very real issues. So the Minister should be open at least if he's not open to renaming the bill to at least providing a little bit of extra time for this piece of legislation to be implemented to give those hard-working people who are trying to keep this industry going trying to navigate the challenges of the supply chains so that they can actually deliver on this new regulation that the Minister is forcing upon them.So I do commend my tabled amendment to the committee I do ask that all parties including the Minister give very serious consideration to it and I do ask the Minister to consider renaming this legislation as the "Land Transport (Ute Tax) Amendment Act" to actually reflect the taxes that it is putting on those people who are hard-working who purchase utes for their businesses for their farms for their trading and for the businesses that they do making our economy what it is. So I ask for the Minister's consideration in support of those changes."