MacLeod DavidDAVID MacLEOD (National—New Plymouth): I'm very pleased to take the final call on the third reading of this bill. I am very very pleased. But hey what I just want to say very briefly because it's going to be a short call is this is all about user-pay. This is all about fairness. And the fact is that when you're thinking about user-pay this is a commonly used term but this is based on the principle that all asset users should pay for the long-run marginal costs of the assets in question.Now when we're talking about road-user charges (RUCs) itself there's been a lot of discussion here about the amounts that each different type of vehicle pays. Now I've got a bit of a confession. I have purchased a plug-in hybrid vehicle. Hon Member: Oh well done!DAVID MacLEOD: Yes I have and I also know that other people that I know closely in my electorate have also made choices around electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles as well. And there are a lot of reasons and a lot of thinking that goes into the type of vehicle one buys. And I do question the comments that have been made—particularly from the other side of the House—that this here is going to absolutely sway people away from buying such vehicles. I actually don't believe in that; I actually believe that people have all sorts of other reasons that they take into account and I don't think we're going to have the demise that the so-called speakers on the other side actually talked to.I just want to talk briefly about the roads in Taranaki. First of all the users of Taranaki roads: there are significant RUCs or road-user charges that come from the Taranaki region. We have a lot of trade that moves in and out of that region. We've got some very very big trucking firms and there's lots of money that's collected from that there. But we in Taranaki feel that our roads perhaps don't get the investment that we feel apt for it itself. Now why I bring that up is that the revenue that the ministry collects to be able to afford the upkeep of these roads is so important. This here just goes some way towards it. The fact is we want to make sure that those that have the biggest impact or use the roads are actually contributing every way.And finally after some time—we talk about the fact that about 2 percent of the vehicles are now EVs—it's finally reached that threshold where we believe that it's now time to bring them into that programme itself. So this will also go some way towards allowing regions like Taranaki to potentially have the opportunity to have increased investment in some of the roads they have.Recently I've had the opportunity to go up to Northland to the wonderful celebrations at Waitangi. Unfortunately I didn't go over the Brynderwyns but I am sure the next time I go over there I'll be very happy to look at the progress that's been made there. But I did happen to have a trip while I was up in the north to travel some of the local roads including up one Waimate North Road. I went to a little shindig up there and I tell you what—Grant McCallum: Little?DAVID MacLEOD: OK. It was rather a little bit more than little but it was a very well-prepared and well-conditioned road and it made me think that someone of influence actually lived up that road somewhere but I'm not too sure about that. But the fact is that we do have roads around the place that do need investment. This bill here is about making sure that all users are contributing. This is based on kilometres and weights. So in other words it's making sure that the contribution of the vehicle is appropriate to the wear and tear that it has of the actual assets. I could speak on a lot more but I'm happy to commend this bill to the House. Thank you.