Utikere TangiTANGI UTIKERE (Labour—Palmerston North): Kia orana Madam Chair. Can I thank the Minister for Transport for those opening comments. I have a number of questions that I will be work through and would appreciate the Minister's attention in terms of addressing those. I take his point around what's currently proposed in clauses 6 and 7 which relate to a number of projects and I am aware there's certainly a few that I would like to ask some questions of the Minister about. I know that many on this side of the Chamber also have some questions around that. I think it's largely related because of their local knowledge—I'm sure it's largely related because of their local knowledge in the Auckland area.But if I could start in terms of what is proposed under clause 4 of the bill which seeks to repeal the framework that is in place that allows for a regional fuel tax (RFT) to be in place. I look at what is currently within Subpart 3 of Part 2 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 and the proposal under clause 4 is effectively to repeal Subpart 3 in its entirety. Within the existing legislation under Subpart 3 there is section 65C and that relates to the requirements relating to a regional fuel tax scheme. When one looks at subsection (2) of that there is a time frame of a maximum of 10 years which is fine. But there is also under subsection (3) the direction that the maximum rate of regional fuel tax is 10c per litre. My question to the Minister in relation to that is whether or not there was any thinking around whether a lower rate and potentially a rate of zero could have been applied and if so why that perhaps was not an option that has been explored so that there is a framework for some point in the future.The other question that I have relates to the same Subpart and it is section 65J which relates to the ability of the Minister of Finance and the responsible Minister—in this case the Minister of Transport—concerning a proposed RFT scheme. But within that section there is obviously an opportunity to establish or to replace a scheme but there is also an option to vary an existing regional fuel tax scheme. So my question to the Minister is whether or not—well there is an option around varying the scheme so why perhaps wasn't that the particular course of action or avenue that the Minister sought to take?If I can just now turn to clause 5 of the bill and particularly paragraph (b). This relates to Schedule 1AA of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 and that there would be a new Schedule 1 of the Act which would be the last part of the Act and whether or not the necessary consequential amendments have been fully identified and if so where one might find them. I know that there are a number of proposed amendments that followed that are further on in Schedule 3 so we will get to that when we come to that particular point in time. But I did wonder whether there was a particular place where all the other necessary consequential amendments that one assumes falls outside of this Act and might fall in other pieces of legislation whether they be primary or secondary—whether or not that could be captured.I've got a number of other questions which I'm happy to continue to work through in terms of my time. The next one is around clause 7 and that relates to Schedule 2 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003. Now I think it would be helpful for the Minister to outline for the committee what the rationale is in terms of maintaining three of those projects within the bill and what is the rationale for effectively dispensing with all the remaining projects that are outlined in the order. I think that would be helpful because it would set some sort of tone or scene around some of the questions that certainly I have about a number of the projects in the order—and the order is the Land Transport Management (Regional Fuel Tax Scheme—Auckland) Order 2018. It does identify a range of projects and they are quite specific which I will come to. But I think for a start that might be a good place for the Minister to perhaps consider some of those questions.