Costley TimTIM COSTLEY (National—Ōtaki): A pleasure to commend this bill the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership to the House. This is significant not just for our economy but as we've heard you know $100 million in immediate savings. In particular I want to acknowledge the contribution this makes to our horticultural industry something that we have a lot of in the Ōtaki electorate—the farmers in Horowhenua a $714 million industry and for them that's a $46 million saving immediately when this comes into force. It is right that we move with some haste to do this through the process and I'm very supportive of the way that parties are joining together to see this progress because of the savings that will come.I understand the importance of seeing this move through before the elections for the European Parliament. I can't help but note that they start on 6 June which of course is going to be the 80th anniversary of D-Day. While I want to acknowledge in a minute all those that have worked directly to see this free-trade agreement come to this point so it can enter into force I can't help but reflect that when we succeed we often do so standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before us. There are two generations of Kiwis that bled in Europe that stood side by side with them in their darkest hours. We have memorials in this House for places like the Somme for places like Passchendaele for Fortress Europe. New Zealand has long had a strong relationship with Europe and it is on that and the sacrifices that were made by this country that we are able to build this and even today as we deploy soldiers offshore that is a meaningful contribution that we build these trade relationships on. So I do want to acknowledge the history—the strong history New Zealand has with Europe.It's very pleasing to see that we've got to this a good solution—maybe not perfect but good and meaningful. I do want to acknowledge those who have contributed to it and we have heard comments reflecting the various Ministers on both sides of the House; I thank them as well. The European diplomats and officials that have worked from their side and I note the speed at which it's got through—I think this'll be one of the first where we're the last side to enter into force or to ratify it so it can. But I want to also acknowledge those who worked directly towards it and particularly before I acknowledge the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials can I just acknowledge those New Zealand Defence Force personnel in modern times that were over there standing not just side by side with NATO and European countries in Afghanistan but of course in support to the invasion of Ukraine.But to the MFAT officials that worked at it—I actually had the honour the privilege of working in the embassy in Belgium for a few months while they were working on this. I wasn't supporting the free-trade agreement—I was there in another capacity—but I saw the work the determination the perseverance the skill that they put into their work largely unseen; people that took their families overseas to serve far away from home in a different culture across different languages the pressures that that can put on families. It is great and worthy of our recognition particularly in the midst of a global pandemic at the time; a lot of uncertainty and I want to acknowledge them. In particular can I just thank our ambassador to the EU His Excellency Carl Reaich for the work that he and his team did along with our ambassador to Belgium Diana along with Cameron Emma Megan Emma Chris from the Ministry for Primary Industries and Clotilde and the many European citizens that we employ to work in our embassy but they work to serve New Zealand; they work tirelessly for New Zealand. Can I finish just by singling out—if I can single out one person from MFAT maybe the unsung hero of this Lucy Power. I saw firsthand just what she put into this—the work that went in. It's a fantastic team that we have representing New Zealand. They work tirelessly. They don't work for recognition; their natural style is not to seek the limelight or to have their name mentioned here but they are worthy of our recognition and I want to join in the earlier comments that commended the staff that worked on it and add their names to that list. They deserve it.This is a significant step forward for our economy this is significant for trade it's significant for farmers and as I said particularly horticulture but it's also significant for our relationship. It brings another layer to that longstanding relationship over more than a century of us standing side by side with Europeans working together and a great step forward for the future. Can I join with all those speakers before me and commend this bill to the House.