Penk ChrisCHRIS PENK (National—Kaipara ki Mahurangi): Thank you Mr Speaker. Can I pick up where the previous member Rachel Boyack has left off by thanking the Justice Committee for their work. We are close enough to the end of this parliamentary term that I'd like to make that a slightly more general remark in the sense that the Justice Committee has worked hard on a number of different bills—obviously all in the justice space one way or another but it's a very broad remit and I acknowledge the current chair of the Justice Committee Vanushi Walters. Before her I think it was Ginny Andersen—now the Hon Ginny Andersen. I think that's the extent of the chairs involved over this term of the Parliament. But on the occasions when I've been fortunate enough to participate it seemed to me a good body of MPs who have been prepared to examine issues such as this in good faith and acknowledging the seriousness of the issues involved.The consideration and indeed deliberation of this matter at select committee was not something that I took much active part in sir but I have followed the debate as I know you have and are still doing now despite my best attempts. And clearly much thought is given to some of the competing considerations that are inherent whenever we're talking about increasing the severity and speed of the administration of justice. So it's right to take these issues very seriously.If we think about the speed of enforcement this is important for a number of different reasons. One is that it will promote confidence in the justice system if we have the consequences roughly speaking of offending being administered quickly and we need to do that in a way that is most efficient while at the same time not reducing fundamental rights of persons who are charged and are entitled always to be presumed innocent unless and until such time as they're proven guilty of a crime.So the way that this balance has been struck within the bill as referred to in the select committee report is by enabling the serving of notices by electronic means. In 2023 it seems appropriate to allow the methods of delivery—albeit of bad news in the sense that it might be some sort of traffic infringement. But of course there's much worse news that one can receive in relation to road safety and Rachel Boyack has referred to those tragically in relation to loss within her own family and those whom she knows. I think she's right. There will be many of us who are aware of such issues from a deeply personal place and that's tragic and it's to be avoided if at all we can. So for all the New Zealanders and visitors to New Zealand for that matter who are involved in road safety incidents whether at fault in the legal sense or merely involved by an accident of circumstance—of course for all of these people we must take very seriously road safety measures such as are put forward in the bill. That's not to say that we agree with every detail in here and others have spoken about the point to point safety camera regime but when it comes to things like the automated issuing of certain infringement notices again a pretty important albeit technocratic step to enable justice to be served more quickly we do support that because we support the administration of justice being taken seriously in this crucial area of public life.We see that among other things there is the ability for an enforcement officer to impound a vehicle for 28 days. That would be if a person fails to provide certain information when requested. And while on the face of it one might say it's pretty heavy-handed because it involves a confiscation of property in the absence of a criminal conviction nevertheless we think that if a person fails to provide certain information when requested it's reasonable to use a tool that's available to us at our disposal in the toolbox so to speak by motivating them to be involved in the process whereby guilt or otherwise can be determined. That's another example of measures that are within the bill that we think will make things easier for the police and other authorities to do their job because as we can all agree I'm sure this is an important issue and we want to equip those who perform these duties to the best of their ability.So with that so I'll conclude my relatively short contribution except only to thank the House again the Justice Committee again and say that we do join others in commending the bill to the House.