McAnulty KieranKIERAN McANULTY (Labour): Thank you very much Mr Chair. It is a great pleasure to take a call on this the discussion on the agriculture appropriations. Of course as I do not hold the position of chair of this committee I have a much broader approach to this speech. I can talk much more broadly around agriculture appropriations.I want to begin by acknowledging the chair of the Primary Production Committee David Bennett. He is not as bad as we expected. Where we find that this committee stands out amongst the rest is its willingness to work together. I think the point there is that it demonstrates how important the primary sector is to this country. I along with many other of my colleagues on this side of the Chamber and indeed over there on that side of the Chamber live in an area where agriculture in particular—CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): I'm afraid I have to interrupt the member. The time has come for me to leave the Chair for the dinner break.Sitting suspended from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.KIERAN McANULTY: Kia orana e Maine Vaa Tuatua.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): Oh well done.KIERAN McANULTY: Thank you. Thank you Madam Deputy Chair. It's been a marvellous break actually. I enjoyed my dinner; I hope you did as well. I had some lovely New Zealand lamb for my tea and how appropriate given the topic of conversation today. It did make me think about the challenges that are facing the sector. My friend next to me the next member for Clutha-Southland—we take a different view on one particular matter. [Interruption] That of course is the—I've never known so many National MPs to demonstrate support for a New Zealand First candidate as we've just demonstrated there: the screams of joy at the concept of Mark Patterson being elected in Clutha-Southland.Look my friend and I share a passion for primary industries but there is one thing that we have disagreed on recently and that of course is the issue of synthetic protein. Mark Patterson here was very apt in registering concern around the presence of that synthetic protein and the challenge that it presents to our industry. But I do take a different approach in the sense that it is also an opportunity. It's an opportunity for ourselves as a country and the primary sector to actually tell our story to tell the story as to why our meat is the better option to target those consumers overseas that are more discerning that do want to see environmentally sustainable and healthy products and of course New Zealand - produced beef and lamb is that particular product. But it's up to us as a country and it is up to the sector to market that product and tell that story so that people know why they should—Mark Patterson: And the national carrier.KIERAN McANULTY: —I'm getting heckled by my own side here—buy our stuff our products. The fact is that New Zealand needs to work together.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): Has this got anything to do with the Estimates at all?KIERAN McANULTY: It does actually. It does. Here we go.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): It would be nice to sort of link it to the Estimates.KIERAN McANULTY: The Minister has indicated a visionary approach in establishing the Primary Sector Council. Now the Primary Sector Council is made up of 18 members and within that sector they are tasked with producing a sector-wide vision. There have been appropriations allocated to that sector. It is entirely appropriate.Hon Member: A working group. Another working group.KIERAN McANULTY: I say to the new member for Northcote welcome. But if you're going to heckle make it good. You're not sitting next to a very good example but the member next to you Tim van de Molen knows how to heckle.I live in Wairarapa. Now for the benefit of Alastair Scott Wairarapa is the area on the east coast just north of Wellington. The point there is this is an area that is dependent on the success of the primary sector not just for those who work directly within it but for the communities that surround it as well. The future for that sector is one where the Government works alongside industry. The Primary Sector Council led by the Minister here in the chair is the body that will set the vision for the future of the industry.We can no longer leave things purely to the market. We all know the theory of trickle-down but we've also seen the effect the Labour coalition Government—[Bell rung]CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): No. That's it. That's it.