Lee MelissaMELISSA LEE (National): I just want to address a couple of things that the honourable member across on the other side David Clark has mentioned. He doubts whether one Minister can actually manage the decision-making process. I guess he comes from a party where its leaders cannot actually make decisions—it actually needs a consensus and a committee and still cannot come up with a decision—so I do understand the member's history and the reason why he has come to that sort of conclusion. But on this side of the House we have confidence in our Ministers. That member was concerned that this Minister Jacqui Dean might be browbeaten by foreign business people who might actually beat her down into making an improper decision—that she might be influenced. I have to say that that member has never actually been in a room to have a discussion with this Minister. She is no pushover let me just put it that way.This bill had a significant amount of debate in the Commerce Committee. As the Minister has alluded to we also had that during the Committee stage in this Chamber. I would just like to thank the members of the Commerce Committee. We are a tied committee and we often do have differences but I have to say we do try to work through our differences and have the mutual respect that is deserved during the committee stage. I appreciate all the work that the committee has done and particularly too our secretariat. Our clerks have worked tirelessly and do actually help us a lot—and of course the departmental assistants whom we have had.As the Minister alluded to earlier in her speech when disaster strikes or an emergency takes place we need to be able to have practical rules in place to support New Zealand families and businesses. Giving the responsible Minister the discretion to take leadership and to take action is an important thing and can only be done through the implementation of this bill. In the legislation we hope to pass today it says in new section 13B(3) inserted by clause 15 that if the Minister considers that the users of the goods subject to an anti-dumping or countervailing duty have been significantly impacted by a natural disaster or emergency the Minister may by notice terminate or suspend in whole or in part the imposition of the duty." I note that this wording is important because there will be occasions where goods may need to be completely free from duties due to the nature of the emergency and how we should still be held accountable to our trading regimes that are not vital during disaster periods.Consistently across our legislation this has been a key goal during this Government. Part of the reason why we have a Minister for Regulatory Reform—now the Hon Paul Goldsmith who is also the Minister formerly in charge of this bill. This bill allows for us to strengthen the Government's capacity to respond to disasters by effectively tying it together with the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act ensuring a consistent approach to handling emergency management needs across all of our legislation.The Minister and the member opposite have also touched on the subject of public interest tests. The consumer test is a really important aspect of this bill and one that I am very proud to support. I am glad that we have actually come to this position in this bill. We need to ensure that when we impose an at-the-border duty we actually take into account the potential costs to users of the product when the duty is imposed and how that might affect the wider market for those goods. If a duty is imposed and it results in the market becoming fragile or in a severe limitation of access to the necessary product it is important that the tools are there to revise the decision prior to implementation and to provide a fair process.This has been a very productive process through the select committee process and I thank the members once again. I believe that this is a good bill and it will certainly make a difference for better New Zealand trade law. I commend this bill to the House."