Foster-Bell PaulPAUL FOSTER-BELL (National): E Te Mana Whakawā tēnā koe. Tena koutou katoa e ngā mema o Te Whare. For the second time in 2 months I feel compelled to correct Mr Tabuteau's French. It is pronounced laissez-faire" Monsieur Tabuteau.This is going to be my final contribution in this Chamber not only in the 51st Parliament of New Zealand but for the immediate future and the time being and I want to do a couple of things in this 5-minute contribution. Firstly I want to thank everyone who has supported me so much in coming into this place and trying as best as I have been able to make a difference for New Zealanders. In particular I want to acknowledge my family my mother soon to be Dr Alyse Foster whom I am incredibly proud of in her efforts towards gaining her PhD in her 60s. I want to acknowledge all the staff who have given me such good support in my offices in Parliament and in the constituency office: Aaron Hape Chloe Oldfield Christian Hermansen Nicola Yong Jackson Freeman Joshua Whitford Beth McEwen Logan Morton Luc Powell and Jono Webb.I want to acknowledge the National Party—in particular the leadership of the Rt Hon Sir John Key and now the Rt Hon Bill English. I can think of no better people to act as New Zealand's Prime Ministers in the interests of all Kiwis and it has been a pleasure and an honour serving under them.I want to acknowledge all of those many people in the National Party—the volunteers the executives the chairs but also the fundraisers the people who are out there in the cold weather putting up hoardings who have helped me across two campaigns. I want to acknowledge in particular at the leadership level Malcolm Plimmer board members Roger Bridge and Alastair Bell and my regional chair Rachel Bird. I want to acknowledge those in Parliament whom I have grown to be friends with and have been supported so well by particularly the class of 2011 in the National Party: the Hon Maggie Barry the Hon Scott Simpson the Hon Mark Mitchell the Hon Alfred Ngaro the Hon Paul Goldsmith Simon O'Connor Ian McKelvie Dr Jian Yang and Joanne Hayes.Mr Speaker thank you and your team of presiding officers for the forbearance you have shown to me over 4½ years. It is an absolute honour and a privilege to serve in this House in what must be the best country in the world. This is truly a realm of the superlatives. Not only were we the last place in the world to be colonised by humans not only do we have the largest exclusive economic zone per capita of any country in the world but I am very very proud of the fact that we are the least corrupt country in the world as measured by Transparency International an organisation that I am pleased to be a paid-up member of. How is this relevant to our economic status? Actually being an uncorrupt and transparent country in which people have respect for and trust in the institutions is so important if we want to attract that foreign investment that Mr Tabuteau so disparages. I think going forward it will serve us very well in terms of engaging with the rest of the world.I also want to touch on our engagement with the rest of the world. We are a trading economy. We are very reliant on being able to sell our products offshore. I thought it was very interesting last week—a remark that I completely agreed with in the valedictory statement of the Hon Clayton Cosgrove: I think the bipartisan agreement on trade that has existed in this House for decades does need to be restored. We cannot get rich by simply selling to ourselves and with the opportunities in the world today some of which were referenced earlier by the Hon Todd McClay in his speech as Minister of Trade the opportunities that exist for New Zealand with Brexit and the fast-paced development of the Asia-Pacific region are huge. So it is my hope that in the years ahead New Zealand will seize these opportunities rather than wish to shut out the rest of the world as I know some in this House perhaps might prefer to do.It has been a pleasure to be able to work cross-party on a number of issues and I would like to acknowledge colleagues who have been on the Rainbow NZ Parliamentary Network such as Louisa Wall. I would like to acknowledge Poto Williams the deputy chair—vice president internationally—of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians. As New Zealand's Commonwealth Parliamentary Association representative I have really enjoyed my time working with the Commonwealth. There is a Commonwealth advantage—up to 20 percent we are told by Baroness Scotland—in trading with those countries that have our shared heritage and our compatible legal and governmental systems.I go from this place having put through a member's bill having achieved some things and knowing that New Zealand as a country will continue to do well into the future. I hope the New Zealand public see that National has tried incredibly hard to deliver for New Zealanders and I am sure it will continue to go well in the future. Thank you.The debate having concluded the motion lapsed."