Hon DAVID PARKER (Minister for the Environment): I'm happy to essentially say what I said at select committee, which is that concerns about exported water in bottles, which is amongst the most pristine water in our country, don't really relate to environmental effects. The quantities are small, and the effects on the environment are less adverse than many other abstractions of water for other uses. But the concerns for New Zealanders really relate to whether it's fair that that water should be exported overseas without any financial return to New Zealanders with the use of that water. I explained to the committee that there are pros and cons in proceeding with a levy on bottled water without looking at wider issues relating to water, including whether you might create problems in the Crown Māori relationship dealing with that particular aspect of water allocation in advance of others.