CHRIS BAILLIE (ACT): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Four months ago, I spoke to the House about crime about being out of control and no one would believe it, but in the last four months, things have got worse—a lot worse. May: 50 ram raids; June: 37; July: 42. I hate to think what August is going to bring. But all of New Zealand knows how bad things have become in the last five years—except for the Labour Government. There's also smash and grabs, assaults, burglaries, thefts of cars. You name it, every type of offence is increasing. The rhetoric often spouted that crime, overall, is on the downward trend is a fallacy, and everyone knows it.