Warren-Clark AngieANGIE WARREN-CLARK (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker. I was a little bit nervous about the mask taking-off; I managed to pull it off I think. It's a real pleasure to be in this House today and to actually speak on this bill. I'm surprised to be speaking on this bill as it's certainly not my select committee but it is an interesting and important piece of legislation the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill.I'd like to acknowledge the Hon Michael Wood and also the Hon Julie Anne Genter for the work that has gone into the creation of this bill. Also I'd like to recognise and acknowledge the work that has happened from the Climate Change Commission report in regards to climate change climate emissions and what the vehicle emissions are doing to our environment. It's an omnibus bill sir; one that will achieve rapid reduction in carbon dioxide emission from light vehicles imported into New Zealand. It's going to do this by doing three things: by increasing the supply and the variety of vehicles by providing for a clean vehicle discount and also informing New Zealanders about the types of emissions of the vehicles that they buy. So it is an incredibly important piece of legislation.I have sat on the Environment Committee helping pass legislation on ending new offshore gas and oil exploration—Hon Member: That was a disaster too. ANGIE WARREN-CLARK: —the zero carbon Act and the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Amendment Act—Hon Member: How much gas have we got now? How much coal are we burning?ANGIE WARREN-CLARK: So it's incredibly important. I understand the science that sits behind what we are trying to do; not about the rhetoric that is coming from the Opposition about the terrible terrible thing that will happen. Climate change is happening and this is something that we need to make a difference for. So I want to talk a little bit about the fact that transport produces 21 percent of all of the emissions that we produce. Seventy percent of all transport emissions are from light vehicles. There is a definition in this bill that talks about what a light vehicle is—that's 3.5 tonnes or lighter. So that will cover a whole series of vehicles out there. It is very useful to have that definition so people are able to participate and understand. We are behind the rest of the OECD. We have a shocking record actually. I'm just looking at my records here. Two-thirds of all emissions come from light vehicles. So that's those vehicles under 3.5 tonnes. The difficulty is of course that climate change is real and is happening and we can talk and talk and talk about how terrible it is or we can act. And that is what we are doing: we are acting in order to change the way people think. I would like to talk to and remind the Opposition to have a look at the climate change report that has come out. There is some really good science that sits behind what we are doing here. Check out page 88 of the report. These are the most eminent minds in this country and in fact some international minds who are looking at the science as to why we are doing this and it is incredibly important that we actually follow through on what we say we will do. It is about investing in infrastructure it's about investing in behaviour change and it's about investing in technology and this is talked about in that report by using Avoid Shift Improve" hierarchy. So these are things that we need to do. An electric vehicle (EV) even being created and built from scratch will still save a person $7000 to $9000 worth of petrol costs in a lifetime. It is still 60 percent better. An EV is absolutely the way for us to go and I am very proud to stand here today to talk about the science and not the rhetoric and to commend this bill to the House. Thank you."