As we've already been asked by Mr Goldsmith that there is no evidence, well, I would like to provide evidence that has been provided through the Ministry of Justice in their brief that recorded the three highest-volume strike offences over the period of time from 1996 to 2014: serious assault, sexual assault, and robbery offences. The report concluded that there were few changes that could be contributed to the three-strikes law—no change. So while three strikes failed to do any deterrence as it promised to do, what it did do was further entrench the over-representation of Māori in our prison population. Māori are almost nine times more likely to receive a first strike than those of European or other ethnicities, and over 18 times more likely to receive a second strike. 