INTEGRATED TRANSPORT AND LAND USE PLAN

The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (14:54): I have a supplementary question. Can the Minister for Finance explain to the parliament how the opposition is meant to ask questions in estimates in May and June about a transport plan released in November?

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) (14:55): I thought I'd answered that one. It cuts to the very heart, I think, of your second question, when you wanted to know whether the projects in the 30-year plan were in the forward estimates, and I made the point that the plan was released probably three or four months after the state budget. It's a 30-year plan, as the Minister for Transport has adequately pointed out, so the majority of those projects would not be in the budget and particularly the forward estimates. The member for Davenport is basically picking up the point that I made earlier.