Williams ArenaARENA WILLIAMS (Labour—Manurewa): Well we've been here since about 11 p.m. last night debating this bill which has moved through all stages under urgency. We haven't had answers to our questions from the Minister. We had a valiant attempt by the Minister Erica Stanford when she was in the chair but we haven't heard from the Minister of Transport about why he is giving himself new regulatory powers when in fact they could be set through the mix of what exists currently. And he also hasn't been able to be clear with us whether these are clean car standards anymore or whether he has created dirty car standards in the wrong piece of legislation.But I'm glad we're here. I'm glad we've got this time in the House to be able to run through things. I want to thank everyone around the House who's made fulsome contributions to the debate thank my colleagues in the Green Party for their contributions and thank the number of Green Party MPs who have been down here keeping the debate lively and engaging. Also thanks to those members of staff who have put up with us as we have been going through this urgency into the long Matariki weekend with no clear line of sight about when it will finish. So thank you for putting up with us as we've been going through this process.Also I just want to bring us to the outstanding questions that Labour members still have about this piece of legislation. Because the Minister is right: at the end of his committee stage he did get to the point where he was saying Look all of these questions are good questions but they'll be open to Labour members to ask when I review the regulations as they are now." So let's recap what those questions are that are still open.Who will the Minister consult with? Will it be only the importers or will he actually consult with those members that he is required to consult with under section 175(1) of the primary legislation which he didn't repeal. He didn't propose to change his consultation obligations and so he has some when he sets these regulations and one of those groups that he will be required under the common law to consult with is Māori. He has come here into this House during this committee stage and told us that he will not be consulting at all with Māori who will be interested in this and its effect on te taiao—and good luck to the bloke. I've told him several times that he's opening up the Government to further risk on this and look we'll have a fun time in the Regulations Review Committee I'm sure.Another question that is still open is whether the Government's policy position is in fact to ratchet up the requirements on the car industry to bring in more clean cars or not. The Minister refused to answer that in committee stage although he did continuously say in his speeches that he was still committed to New Zealand's climate change obligations. So really the question remains will he do his part as the Minister of Transport to impact the profile of emissions in New Zealand's transport sector so that his ministerial colleagues like just today the Hon Todd McClay can answer in question time that they are committed to New Zealand's international climate change goals or will it be that he will not use his regulation-making powers to do that? And will it be that Ministers of his Government will then stop saying things like that because it will become clearer and clearer to New Zealanders that this is a Government intent on taking New Zealand backwards and resiling from its long-term commitments?Those are the questions I still have in my mind. But it has been a privilege to be a part of the committee stage on this bill and all three readings of it today. Thank you to everyone who's been a part of it and we're voting against it."