Lorck AnnaANNA LORCK (Labour—Tukituki): Thank you Madam Speaker. It gives me pleasure to rise this morning to speak on the UK free-trade agreement and to acknowledge that this morning I had my first primary school Waipukurau primary in the House this morning. Looking up and seeing their faces I was thinking about what I could say about what this free-trade agreement means for everyday New Zealanders particularly those in regions like mine of Hawke's Bay—a region that's built on the backbone of the export sector. We are a growing region. We are a thriving region that is driven and led by an export economy. The jobs that exporting creates in our region are in the tens of thousands. From the growers to the farmers from the workers the processing industry the logistics industry and the service businesses that thrive on the back of an export primary sector economy—this is fantastic for our region.Within the legislation that we are speaking on today part of it is the Apple Transitional Export Quota Bill. Now for people who don't know—but I'm sure most of this House does—Hawke's Bay is the largest apple-growing region in New Zealand. We grow the best apples and pears for the world. If people come to Hawke's Bay they will see apple trees growing and being planted by their tens of thousands. It is an area of our industry that I have been so incredibly proud of. And under this agreement there is special mention of what it will mean for horticulture and what it will mean for our Hawke's Bay region from these free-trade agreements (FTAs).Now in looking at what's happening in the FTA agreement one of the best documents you can go to is the New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade—where it highlights the UK and New Zealand FTA agreement. New Zealand's trade relationship with the UK is longstanding; the UK is our seventh-largest partner with a two-way trade of over $6 billion before COVID. And if we reflect back on what export-driven economies do again I can come back to what it's meant for the regions. In Hawke's Bay alone our GDP growth is now 8.7 percent of what it was pre-COVID levels and a significant part of that has been that we've been able to keep exporting to the world and keeping people in work while we do that. We've also got a port—Napier Port—within our region and that's also a hugely significant part of the reason why Hawke's Bay does so well. And I must acknowledge that even Simeon Brown from the National Party came to Napier Port recently and could celebrate the opening of the new wharf. It shows that the export economy of Hawke's Bay the backbone of our region is thriving and doing so so well.Now horticultural highlights include our wine tariffs. Now another reason that Hawke's Bay is going to benefit so significantly from this FTA agreement is because we grow some of the best grapes and produce some of the best wine for the world too—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Oh debatable. Debatable motion.ANNA LORCK: Ha ha! Any benefit that we can bring to growing the economies of our regions—as well as New Zealand—is going to make sure that we continue to provide added higher value products to the world. Now in going through the FTA agreement it also highlights a range of tariffs that will be reduced immediately. On our wine exports the product and current tariff and value has been for wine up to $50 per hectolitre which is 100 litres—with an export value of $463 million and an export volume of 480577.6 hectolitres! There you go hectolitres. Now the tariff will immediately go off that. And with honey with an export value—export value to the UK of honey of $74.9 million. Again when I was thinking about my primary school that was in the House this morning I was thinking about if I was a school student listening to this debate today what would I be able to take back; and my learning of how significant the UK is as a trading partner? And when relating it back to products like honey onions—8 percent is onions' export value $8 million—Andrew Bayly: Pukekohe!ANNA LORCK: —again the tariff will come off those as well. Kiwifruit—8 percent; immediately the tariff comes off. And then we go to our apple market and for three years there will be a reducement of those tariffs to eventually be duty-free. And then hoki—fish—6 percent of export volume of $2.2 million litres. It's when you start thinking about those products and where they come from and yes Pukekohe with the onions—and we grow onions in Hawke's Bay too because of course we have such a diverse primary sector region. And mussels is another; butter; cheese—it goes on and on.By driving those trade opportunities it means that we can continue to have the focus in growing our markets and that's an exciting part of being part of the regions. Not often enough do we acknowledge the hard-working regions who do drive the export economies. I do do a massive shout-out to those people who work in the primary sector and also to those—not just the farmers and the growers but also all the thousands of people who go to work every day to ensure that our products are produced into many many different added-value products. Whether that's sheep meat whether that's dairy whether that's producing wine and how we do it there are so many more jobs that are related and connected back to the export markets. This is a historic day. This is a historic day in the third readings of this legislation to make sure that we can champion and celebrate everything we do well in trade negotiations. It has been the Labour Government who has been the Government that has been at the head of trade deals for this country. It's so important to recognise the hard work of officials and negotiators and making sure that the best deals are made for our country and for our trading partners. And as relationships with our trading partners continue to foster and develop we continue to be right at the forefront of these negotiations. That is why I know that my first primary school who was in this House today know that they can be proud of the hard work of their forebears their parents—and the job opportunities that they will go into will mean that New Zealand continues to thrive and champion the best export quality products to the world. Thank you Madam Speaker.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Simon Watts—five minutes.