First of all, the three-strikes regime was a law that was introduced back in 2010 and it created a mandatory sentencing regime for over 40 serious offences. In doing so, it took away the discretionary power of judges to be able to fully consider the context of the offending as well as the personal circumstances of the person standing before the judge. When we look back at communications back in 2010, it's important to try and understand what was going on in the minds of those decision makers, and one that really amazed me was the first press release put out by Judith Collins. At the end of the press release, where you have the questions and answers, the first question was "Why has this policy been agreed?", and the first line back is "The National and ACT parties both campaigned heavily on law and order in the election campaign." That's the answer they gave to the purpose of this bill. That, I think, put simply shows it was a political promise that gave the appearance of being tough on crime. 