ROAD SAFETY

The SPEAKER: A supplementary from the deputy leader.

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (17:07): Of the seven new projects you have announced today, were they recommended by the task force that was to be appointed subsequent to the announcement in the budget of the first three and about which I raised questions at estimates about when it was going to be convened? It hadn't at that stage. Could you advise whether that task force has been convened and has, in fact, approved those new seven?

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN (Napier—Minister for Finance, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (17:07): I thank the deputy leader. No, the task force has not been convened, so these decisions would have been decisions that were determined, if you like, by the methodology that I outlined in my response to the question.