Hon MARK MITCHELL (National—Whangaparāoa): Thank you, Madam Speaker. It's my pleasure to take a call on this, the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Bill. As my colleague and friend, the Hon Simon Bridges, said, we oppose this bill. And, I have to say, I would hope that one of the Government speakers will get up and actually use the full 10 minutes to outline clearly why they're repealing this legislation. I listened very carefully to Ginny Andersen, the chair of the Justice Committee—and I acknowledge her past experience and role around policy and with the police—but she didn't outline it for me. The only real reason I could hear that she gave for why this Government is repealing the legislation is that they don't like the fact that our Parliament has legislated and has asked the judiciary to apply a much stronger sentence for recidivist offenders, serious recidivist offenders. That's the only reason I can see put up tonight for repealing the legislation. That is not a reason; in fact, quite the opposite.