Tabuteau Fletcher: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTabuteau Fletcher: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 30 July 2015. Volume:707;Page:5507. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]2.FLETCHER TABUTEAU (NZ First) to the Minister of Trade: Does he agree with the headlines in the Nikkei Asian Review “Will TPP end with whimper like Doha Round?” and in Gareth Morgan’s column “Could the TPP become Key’s most embarrassing moment”?Hon TODD McCLAY (Acting Minister of Trade): No the Minister does not agree. Trade agreements help to open up markets for Kiwi exporters and exports drive the New Zealand economy and its growth. Helping our exporters means creating jobs for New Zealanders and we will not be successful by exporting to ourselves. Interestingly Trans-Pacific Partnership countries account for 45 percent of New Zealand’s total trade and five of New Zealand’s top 10 trading partners are included in this negotiation. The 12 participating economies account for $27 trillion—Mr SPEAKER: Order! This answer is definitely now too long. It was answered immediately when the Minister rose to his feet.Fletcher Tabuteau: How can it be that at the eleventh hour and 59th minute our agricultural trade envoy is saying: “The deal’s simply not at the stage where the industry could support it or even New Zealand could really accept this deal.”?Hon TODD McCLAY: That is because this is still a negotiation and it is not yet an agreement. Our negotiators are overseas and they are working hard to deliver the very best deal that they can on behalf of New Zealand and I would ask that member and his party to support those negotiators to support New Zealand farmers and to support all those who could benefit from a high-quality trade agreement that the Government is negotiating.Fletcher Tabuteau: Given the Prime Minister claims that he wants good outcomes for DairyNZ will the Prime Minister and the Minister of Trade resign if dairy does not get what it actually needs from this deal come its signing?Hon TODD McCLAY: If I had that member’s leader’s piece of paper that says “No” I could hold it up. The Government is negotiating the very best deal that it canon the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement on behalf of all New Zealanders. No agreement has been reached yet. That is why it is still a negotiation and Minister Groser is there negotiating as we speak.Fletcher Tabuteau: The Malaysian trade Minister has said today—Mr SPEAKER: Order! Can I just have the question please. What is the question?Fletcher Tabuteau: Can I not quote?Mr SPEAKER: No you can ask a supplementary question. I invite the member to ask a supplementary question.Fletcher Tabuteau: Excuse me—thank you Mr Speaker. Has the Minister of Trade read that the Malaysian trade Minister has said today that he will not sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership until the Malaysian Parliament has given him the permission to do so? Can the Minister of Trade give all New Zealanders the same democratic opportunity?Hon TODD McCLAY: No I have not seen those comments. I am not sure that we will be askingthe Malaysian Parliament on behalf of New Zealanders to cast judgment on this agreement for us but what I can give the member an assurance of is that should the Trans-Pacific Partnership be successfully concluded and overall be in broad agreement in the interests of New Zealand we will follow the same process as other agreements that have been through the department.Ron Mark: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Clearly that answer was trifling with the House and I would ask you—Mr SPEAKER: Order! The member will resume his seatimmediately. He will be leaving very early if he carries on with his trifling points of order.Ron Mark: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! This is a point of order but before—[Interruption] The member will resume his seat. Before I hear the point of order I want to be entirely fair with the member. If he is in any way relitigating a decision that I have just made the member will be leaving the Chamber.