10. Question No. 10—TransportHon JULIE ANNE GENTER (Green—Rongotai) to the Minister of TransportQuestion No. 10—Transport10. Hon JULIE ANNE GENTER (Green—Rongotai) to the Minister of Transport: What communication if any has he had with the Ministry of Transport and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency regarding the role transport will play in reducing climate emissions?Hon SIMEON BROWN (Minister of Transport): The Ministry of Transport and the New Zealand Transport Agency's briefings to the incoming Minister covered key transport issues including the role transport can play in the reduction of emissions.Hon Julie Anne Genter: Has he instructed the leadership of Waka Kotahi and the Ministry of Transport that transport will have little to no role in emissions reduction this term?Hon SIMEON BROWN: I have written to the New Zealand Transport Agency to ask them to stop work on the prior Government's vehicle kilometres travelled reduction work programme which was simply writing reports rather than actually delivering infrastructure. Our approach will be actually delivering infrastructure while the last Government was all about writing reports.Hon Julie Anne Genter: Point of order. I appreciate the answer. I did ask a very specific question about whether he had spoken to the leadership of the transport agency and the Ministry of Transport and said that transport will have little to no role in emissions reduction.SPEAKER: Well it's a bit novel to appreciate the answer and then criticise it but the Hon Simeon Brown may like to repeat what he's already said.Hon SIMEON BROWN: Yeah as I said in my answer I have written to the chair of the New Zealand Transport Agency in relation to the work around vehicle kilometres travelled which was funded from the Climate Emergency Response Fund and as I mentioned earlier—SPEAKER: Good that's it—that clarifies that.Hon Julie Anne Genter: Is he committed to achieving the transport emissions reductions targets and if so how does he intend to achieve them?Hon SIMEON BROWN: Yes and I have received advice that transport is expected to achieve the first emissions budget period 2022-2025.Hon Julie Anne Genter: Does he accept the advice from the Climate Change Commission on transport emissions that the need for decisive Government action is immediate and if not why not?Hon SIMEON BROWN: I've asked for advice in relation to the climate report which was released yesterday but I would say that our Government's approach will be actually on building infrastructure rather than wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on endless reports business cases and actually not delivering anything which was the past Government's approach.Hon Julie Anne Genter: Does he accept—Hon Dr Duncan Webb: Point of order. Mr Speaker the Minister referred to the briefing to the incoming Minister in his response to the primary question. It's understood that in that case he will be required to table the document. Will the Minister be tabling that document?Hon Chris Bishop: Speaking to the point of order well that would be true if the Minister was quoting from it which he wasn't.SPEAKER: I think that is the rule. So the Hon Julie Anne Genter you've got another question.Hon Julie Anne Genter: Does he accept the advice from the Climate Change Commission released yesterday in relation to low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicles that Supports to address the upfront cost barrier are especially important." and if so will he implement a price incentive for zero-emissions vehicles to replace the Clean Car Discount?Hon SIMEON BROWN: No we're not going to continue to waste hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers' money to subsidise wealthy New Zealanders to be able to buy electric vehicles they can already purchase. Instead we will invest in supercharging the electric vehicle charging network which is a priority under this Government."