Repealing three-strikes legislation has been longstanding Te Paati Māori policy, but we are disappointed that Government ruled out compensation and transitionary arrangements for those currently serving time as a result of the law. This should have been reconsidered at the select committee. In the words of my tungāne Hone Harawira, when the three-strikes legislation was originally passed in 2010, "It is a short-sighted man who thinks that legislation that sends people to jail for a long time reduces crime rates. It is a blind man who sees justice in sentencing people to life imprisonment for responding to circumstances they have little control over. It is a bloody fool who thinks that this bill will do anything else but create frustration, anger and violence within our prison population. Te Paati Māori opposes this bill with all its heart. We'll work with whomever it takes to develop intelligent policy over knee jerk idiocy, and rehabilitation over degradation. Tēnā koutou katoa.