Faafoi KrisHon KRIS FAAFOI (Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs): My colleagues have raised some excellent questions and issues during their contributions. So for the benefit of the Opposition—they may still be making up their mind as to whether they support this bill—I will try and address some of them.Again my friend Peeni Henare pointed out a real situation that a constituent of his in Tāmaki Makaurau had in regards to a trailer that was clamped I understand. In that situation Mr Henare the best advice I can give to you and your constituent is that in no way shape or form when this bill becomes law will the clamper be able to charge more than $100 for the fine as you know. But they would—for the fact that the trailer may have been clamped—if they wanted to dispute that go to the disputes tribunal which is an option open to them.Kieran McAnulty also in his very entertaining contribution spoke of the dearth of clamping in the Wairarapa. But to my knowledge actually Mr McAnulty I think I have seen some signage in your town where the clamping removal fee was $50. Now obviously there is an issue there that under this piece of legislation they could actually increase the fees but we don't expect that to happen given the feedback that we heard during some of the select committee process and feedback we had from those who are interested.Now you also raised the issue of licensing. I would like to tell you that while the towing industry is licensed and while some clamping operators are licensed as security guards or private guards there is no legislation or licensing obviously around wheel clamping or immobilising at this stage. We wanted to deal directly with the issue which is the exorbitant prices being charged which is why this piece of legislation has been introduced.There's been a lot of focus on the $100 removal cap but we hope that the deterrent of this bill doesn't lie necessarily completely within the removal costs but in the fines for those operators who if they are individuals will be fined $3000 or companies $15000 if they are found to be breaking this piece of legislation. So instead of an outbreak of clamping and people still being charged $100 I would hope that those operators would see that the deterrent of the $3000 or $15000 fine would act to change not just their business model but their mode of business.Now Ginny Andersen and Jamie Strange also wanted me to address some of that intimidating behaviour that some of the operators have been up to in this kind of business. Again I would hope that they would self-regulate but in the cases that have come before us at this stage it is the police that are usually called in to assist in matters when there is a dispute between a clamping operator and a motorist. That's why the police are the authority within this piece of legislation to monitor this law. So not only will they have the ability to deal with some of the behaviour but they will be able to tell some of the operators that $100 is the maximum that they are able to charge for the removal of the wheel clamp. So hopefully that has addressed most of the issues that some of my colleagues have raised. Thank you for your very interesting contributions.Clauses 1 to 6 agreed to.Bill to be reported without amendment presently.