Moroney Sue: Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — In Committee 
Moroney Sue: Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — In Committee 
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SUE MORONEY (Labour) 
: 
 I will take an opportunity to speak on Part 2 of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill because I particularly want to make sure the member who just resumed his seat Tau Henare knows what he is voting for. When he made a contribution to the debate on Part 1 he referred to the loony left. He said the loony left would soon have us voting for zero blood-alcohol limits. I want to inform Mr Henare that he is voting for exactly that. I want to make sure that Mr Henare realises exactly what he is voting for because he seemed to be a bit confused. He was accusing this side of the Committee of daring to suggest that we might be voting in this Parliament for zero alcohol limits. 
Hon Tau Henare 
: Stop your lying. 
SUE MORONEY 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I take exception to the unparliamentary language used by the interjector Mr Henare. He just accused me of lying. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Eric Roy) 
: My attention was taken by the fact that I am trying to get some Supplementary Order Papers into shape so I understand them. I did not hear the comments. Offence has been taken so the member will withdraw and apologise. 
Hon Tau Henare 
: I withdraw and apologise. 
SUE MORONEY 
: As I was saying regulation 7 from Part 2 of schedule 2— 
Grant Robertson 
: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. Even in the short time that I have been in the House I know that when people withdraw and apologise it is meant to be the end of the matter. Mr Henare just said—and it was audible to me on this side of the Chamber—“I didn’t mean it.” after he sat down. I ask you to bring him back into line. 
Hon Tau Henare 
: That is not what I said. I said to my colleague on my right: “I meant it.” 
The CHAIRPERSON (Eric Roy) 
: I am not sure that was helpful. If the comment was an aside and was not directed to the House that is something I cannot determine because I did not hear it. But I caution the member; he should not make life more difficult for us all than it needs to be. 
SUE MORONEY 
: I hope the member Tau Henare takes your very sound advice on that point Mr Chairperson. Mr Henare is the member I am addressing in order to draw to his attention the fact that I expect he will vote in favour of regulation 7 from Part 2 of schedule 2 which brings in zero alcohol licences. Zero alcohol licences are the very issue he accused the loony left of trying to drag Parliament towards voting for. 
Hon Tau Henare 
: It is the loony left; everybody knows it. 
SUE MORONEY 
: There he goes again; Tau Henare is suggesting that the loony left will vote for zero alcohol licences which are an issue that his own Minister of Transport has brought before Parliament. Yes Labour will vote for the provision but it will be very interesting to see whether Tau Henare does. He claims he will not vote in favour of zero blood-alcohol licences but those licences are very much in schedule 2. I think he should read schedule 2 urgently to make sure his vote in favour is cast properly by the National whip. I would not want him to be under any false illusions. 
Mr Henare’s Government has missed the opportunity to respond to the call of the majority of fair-minded New Zealanders who want leadership on another issue to do with blood-alcohol. They do not want to keep the same blood-alcohol limit of 0.08 grams per 100 millilitres of blood for those over the age of 20 years. They want that limit to be reduced in line with the limit of other countries where it has been proven that lives are saved by dropping the blood-alcohol limit from 0.08 grams which is currently what we have and will continue to have under the National Government to 0.05 grams which is the amendment to schedule 2 that Labour will put forward as it did for Part 1. 
Mr Henare has been very very noisy this afternoon. He seemed to spend most of his time wanting to know where I live. I will put it on the record in this debate. I will not give him my address because I do not really want him to turn up at strange hours of the night—or at any time actually. I will not give him the actual address but to put Mr Henare’s mind at rest I can tell him that I live in Melville which is a suburb of Hamilton—and very proudly so. In case the member is interested I first moved there in 1991. I have put that on the record because it seemed to be what took up most of his speech. He seemed to be consumed with the issue of where I live. I think he said I live in Matamata. It is very flattering but I have not lived there since I was 16 years old. It is very flattering for Mr Henare to think I may still be 16 years old but it is an awfully long time since I have lived in Matamata. It was a very flattering comment from him none the less. 
Labour will support Part 2 of the bill because it deals with zero alcohol licences and alcohol interlock licences which we think will be a big improvement but we wish the Government had had the courage to address the issue further.