Collins JudithHon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura): Thank you Mr Chair. I must say this is going to be an interesting debate this morning. We know that some of the people we're talking about here these offenders have very little ability to deal with emotional issues if something goes wrong. For instance a Minister who might lose their phone in a Crown car wouldn't be expected to then turn violent or to ring the driver at 1 in the morning and scream and shout and swear at them. We would expect that that was unacceptable and unministerial behaviour.Hon Member: That's terrible.Hon JUDITH COLLINS: Terrible. The sort of people we're talking about here are more likely to go and smash their face in and that is one of the problems and I'm sure the Minister has thought about that and the difference in behaviours that are expected and therefore are sometimes complied with or not. But I noted in here—as the Minister who was then the Minister of Police actually in our first term of Government and accepting and undertaking the work in our coalition agreement with the ACT Party at the time—that I was the Minister in charge of bringing the bill through.Hon Mark Mitchell: A popular Minister.Hon JUDITH COLLINS: Very popular. Thank you so much Hon Mark Mitchell. Very good contribution might I say. But there is something that's sadly lacking in the policy analysis here the impact summary. Their repeal of the three-strikes law prepared by the Ministry of Justice—so the Ministry of Justice has prepared 16 full pages of writing and statements about how bad this law is and then another two-page summary on basically an Excel spreadsheet. So you'd think in there that they would have given some very careful thought to people like the Crown car driver that might have been rung at 1 in the morning and abused by a Minister losing a phone in the car or that they could have given some thought to the victims of violent crime. When we were in Government we brought down violent crime. That was part of our mandate; it was part of our responsibilities as Ministers in justice police and corrections. I have to say I had all three of those plus the Serious Fraud Office. And we did that. All we have seen under a soft-on-crime Government is a rise in violent crime a rise in assaults on police officers and a rise on danger for our corrections officers. By the way in this entire 16 pages of writing about this bill how many pages does one think have been dedicated to victims and their rights? How many pages out of 16 do you think? Eight? Seven? Six? Five? Four? Three? Two? One? No. There is however one paragraph and I'm going to read this for the Minister because I'm sure she hasn't noticed this because she's told us today how much she cares for victims who are bullied and attacked by people who are either physically or in other ways in a more dominant position. It states that victims may experience some anxiety and stress as a result of knowing that people who have offended against them may be released or become eligible for parole earlier than expected. This risk will be mitigated. Oh will it really? It goes on to say that at resentencing the judge will be able to refer back to any previous victim impact statements so victims needn't submit again if they choose not to. Victims may choose to participate during resentencing and at parole hearings in accordance with their statutory rights. These are violent offenders offending against people who they have bashed smashed and they have actually taken from them most of their enjoyment of life. Oh and they can turn up again and have another hearing. What the hell is going on in this Ministry of Justice now it's got such a weak Minister who looks at the fact that yes Māori are disproportionately affected by three strikes. But I'll tell you the other thing is of course that Māori victims are disproportionately benefitted by three strikes because Māori victims are so often in exactly the same proportion as those who are committing these violent offences. So I'd say my question to the Minister is: why is only one paragraph dedicated to victims and they're being told by a Ministry of Justice official—clearly really on the ground!—that they'll feel better?Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Minister of Justice): I thank the former Minister for justice and police and the Serious Fraud Office and corrections for her interesting contribution. I draw my mind though to Part 1 of the bill that we are debating. I am stretching my mind to find a provision that might include a reference to a VIP car driver. I am stretching my mind to try find [Interruption] I am trying to stretch my mind to find a provision that relates to Māori in Part 1 on the amendments to the Sentencing Act 2002. I'm struggling to find any reference to actually any of the member's contribution so I welcome a debate and I'm happy to answer questions on Part 1.