Guy NathanHon NATHAN GUY (National—Ōtaki): Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. Can I acknowledge you in the Chair this evening and importantly on Suffrage Day. I note with interest that we have the largest number of female MPs in any Parliament ever here in New Zealand over the 125-year history which I think really is significant in moving with the times. Importantly I just want to make a short contribution on this bill this evening. The genesis indeed was Steffan Browning. We had a big debate when we were in Government the National Party whether to support it or not. On balance we felt that we should support it. Looking at it intently through the select committee process it was pretty much a dog the way it was drafted and designed and Gareth Hughes came into the select committee process after the election and had to in effect pick up the pieces and work constructively with the Primary Production Committee.The select committee had an option of pushing back and saying really it should be a Government bill but Gareth Hughes was very determined to ensure that he got something through the select committee. So in effect the select committee worked the way it should do and the bill was indeed panel - beaten to the point where there were some in society thinking that it was watered down too far but I think we have the balance about right.I thought it was interesting that we got 401 submissions—we heard from 22 in person in front of the select committee—and a wide array of concerns and views. But fundamentally those that submitted thought it was a good idea. There were those that were concerned about the cost as we've heard from previous speakers this evening. I personally was quite concerned about our international trading obligations and we had representatives in from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on two occasions. We asked them to go and do some work with the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment to try and understand if this would become what is commonly known as a non-tariff barrier. There are hundreds of these that come to the New Zealand Government in international markets every year and indeed there's been quite a rise. They are costly when you try and negotiate market access or free-trade agreements. The advice that we had from officials was that indeed it's consistent with our international obligations. So that meant that I had some comfort and I know the select committee members had some comfort in supporting it.One thing I thought was a good process that we went through once we'd done the changes was that Gareth Hughes agreed to the fact that we put out an exposure draft. So once we'd made the changes that were necessary it was important just to do a head check—check with industry check with consumers what they thought of the redraft. Once again there were those that thought it didn't go far enough but importantly those that were involved in food processing or importing food here into New Zealand felt that they could live with what the select committee came up with.It's interesting to hear from Minister Faafoi who holds the responsibility for consumer affairs and oversees the Fair Trading Act. He indeed has quite a bit of power through regulations under this legislation. Probably the excellent chairmanship of David Bennett who commented earlier—probably if we'd realised that sooner we may have addressed that early on or indeed if it had been a Government bill it would have been spelt out sooner in the process. But it's heartening to hear from the Minister that these wide-ranging regulatory powers aren't going to be misused or indeed abused.So in summary we support this bill. I want to acknowledge the good work of the select committee. I want to acknowledge Gareth Hughes too because he picked up a bill that wasn't going to deliver everything that we all thought it was going to and he worked constructively with the select committee. I think credit is deserved to him because often the public don't get to see what happens in a select committee process. Because of the way that he approached the committee we now have a bill that's in a state that I'm sure this evening will get widespread support. Thank you.