Utikere Tangi; Brown SimeonTANGI UTIKERE (Labour—Palmerston North): Thank you Mr Chair. I still am yet to receive—CHAIRPERSON (Teanau Tuiono): And if we can focus on Part 2 that would be helpful.TANGI UTIKERE: —yes—a response from the Minister about the purchase arrangements being put in place which actually is specifically on the tabled Amendment Paper in my name and it does relate to Part 2. Perhaps members opposite do need me to go through that again so I'm very happy—Hon Dr Megan Woods: I think you should read it out.TANGI UTIKERE: I'm very happy to. For clarity the amendment seeks to in clause 26 in new Part 7 of Schedule 1 of the Land Transport Act add new clause 28 after clause 27. If I just draw that to members' attention that is contained there but it also relates to the transitional provision for vehicles purchased before the close of 31 December 2023.I think that there is a really interesting point here as well that I think my colleague the Hon Rachel Brooking has some comment on in terms of an Amendment Paper in her name that relates to what that actually means—these dates that relate to the close of 31 December 2023 and other dates that are contained here—and whether there needs to be some specificity which I think is why my colleague the Hon Rachel Brooking has suggested I think midnight. You know the reality is that if you're looking to register a vehicle a motor vehicle—and it's the application or the administration process for which Part 2 is responsible as I understand it. People need to know what that actually means. Does it mean that it's going to be at 5 o'clock when the shop closes? Does it mean that you can go online and take care of those aspects at 11.59 p.m. Does it mean that if you're on there at 11.58 but you hit at 12 you're not captured? This is important information.Now members opposite may not like to hear this because again I remind the committee and I remind the public of Aotearoa New Zealand that we are in urgency—those who again are tuning in thinking Why is it that the Parliament continues to sit?" It's because they want to know.You know I think what we also need to reflect on is the fact that we are leading into Christmas. Christmas is upon us. People need to know certainty. You know this is a Government that seems intent on simply rushing this through during a state of urgency to get things done. Now there is no problem in having a line in the sand in terms of when something will kick in but there is a problem when things are ill-thought-through when they're not relevant and when there is some confusion. I know that members on this side of the House do not want to have to come back to the House to address some shortcomings in terms of misfortunes because Part 2 which is about the administration simply cannot be adhered to.So while members opposite may wish that actually we don't tease these out and the Minister doesn't respond—which is their prerogative—I do think that members of the public all around the country will be expecting to know if they are going to purchase an electric vehicle that would be eligible for the rebate scheme. And that is in the lead-up to the Christmas period. There needs to be some certainty for them. That's all that I'm asking yet I have still failed to receive a response from the Minister about the purchase agreement and the particular time around that. I know that it might be cumbersome for members but that is unfortunately the position that members in the Opposition are in because we are not getting an answer to the very questions that we are putting to the Minister.A lot of this stuff could have been teased out if there was adequate information in front of the committee. There was a question about the nature of advice that officials had provided. There have been questions provided by my colleague the Hon Dr Megan Woods around the nature of some of the efficiency gains and how that relates also to emissions budgets. Yet we still fail to have a response from the Minister and I invite him to provide that response to allay some of the concerns that as of now still continue to not be responded to.Hon SIMEON BROWN (Minister of Transport): I thank the member for the question. In regard to his tabled amendment we don't support it. The policy intention of the legislation is for the rebate and ute tax scheme to end at midnight on 31 December 2023."