Ross Jami-Lee: International Finance Agreements Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoss Jami-Lee: International Finance Agreements Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 15 September 2015. Volume:708;Page:6607. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JAMI-LEE ROSS (National—Botany): This bill is good and this agreement is good for New Zealand because the future of New Zealand and its economy is in exporting more goods and being an open country: forward facing looking towards other parts of the world where we can contribute and sell our goods. The Asian markets and the Asian countries are a big part of where New Zealand’s future opportunities lie. New Zealand’s participation in this agreement with this bank is also important because having good infrastructure in Asian countries where they can grow and where they can develop and demand more of our goods is going to be good for New Zealand as well.Many of the speeches in this House have already covered those points and I do not want to dwell on them but I do want to point out some of the aspects in the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee’s report on the international treaty examination. There is some good stuff in that report. It talks about the fact that “We”—the committee—“consider that New Zealand’s early involvement in the bank provided a good opportunity to influence its direction”. It talks about the fact that being a founding member of the bank “also makes sense for geo-strategic political and economic reasons.” The report goes on to say that “New Zealand’s economic future is linked to the Asia region and Asia’s growth is increasingly constrained by limited infrastructure investment capital.” These are very good points.I do want to point out to the House that when the committee considered this treaty the committee included one Fletcher Tabuteau. The committee included the New Zealand First Party. In this report there is not a single word of opposition to this treaty. At the committee meeting the New Zealand First Party and the New Zealand First member did not have a whisper did not have a murmur did not have a squeak of opposition to this bank. But New Zealand First members come into this House and they beat their chests day after day on issues on which in the select committee they sit there quietly like little lambs supporting very much of what the Government is doing.If Mr Tabuteau wants to be honest with the New Zealand public—he said we should go and be honest with—Fletcher Tabuteau: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I seek your guidance here. Mr Ross is completely misrepresenting the facts. I did speak out against this.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: That is not a point of order. It is a matter for debate.JAMI-LEE ROSS: The report speaks for itself. There is no minority report; there are no points about some members disagreeing with x y or z in the report. New Zealand First members are little lambs in select committees. In select committees they do not oppose what the Government is doing but they come in here and beat their chests.This is good for the country. This is good for New Zealand’s future growth and economic opportunity. That is why we are supporting it. I suggest New Zealand First members would be better off continuing with the position they take in select committees when they come into this House and contribute to debate.