Tabuteau FletcherFLETCHER TABUTEAU (NZ First): Can I add my words of congratulations in this the general debate for the first time this year in the House. It's a pleasure to be here. I'm proud to be here. On one negative note—in the past I would normally follow one of the members from the other side and I relished the opportunity because the contrast was great. That's my way of complimenting the Minister of Finance on a fantastic contribution today.I'm proud to be part of this New Zealand First - Labour Government with the support of the Green Party. I want to congratulate all of these Ministers all of these members for the herculean work that they have undertaken in the last 100 days. We have worked incredibly hard for the benefit of all New Zealanders whether they are business owners whether they are employees or whether they are struggling every day just to get by. Cheers to this Government.I wanted to use the example of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). I am proud to stand up now and talk about the Trans-Pacific Partnership or what is now called the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership. It is a new deal and it is really important for the people of New Zealand to understand that one of the huge principles—one of the guiding principles—that New Zealand First took into negotiations was to work with a party that understood what we were trying to achieve with trade because New Zealand First is a party that absolutely supports trade. The problem we had was when that party was in power they weren't interested in trade they weren't interested in people; they were just there to sign a deal and sell it to the public as a win. That was the problem with the TPP under that party on that side of the House.So I would like to commend the new trade Minister because not only has he taken on board the angst that the Labour Party itself had with the TPP but he listened to New Zealand First and here we are today where I am able to stand up and congratulate and say this is a new deal—this is not the old TPP that was being forced down the throats of New Zealanders by that party over there.There are only a few distinctions that need to be made because they are huge and they are vitally important. New Zealand First spoke to the sovereignty of our country. We railed against the investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions that that Government just flippantly accepted in their negotiations in the TPP. They just took what was given but credit to this Minister: he went and he said to those parties those partnership countries that we don't think this is acceptable to New Zealanders. In fact we know this is not acceptable to New Zealanders.So what we have now is—yes we still have an ISDS provision but what we have is a clause where multinational corporates cannot sue the Government in terms of their work with the Government. We have an ISDS clause where this Government will tell multinational corporates to go and use New Zealand courts like New Zealand businesses have to do. They don't get and they shouldn't get special privilege. So in that sovereignty in New Zealand has been hugely boosted by the work of this Government.Can I also congratulate the Minister and his team on his work in terms of protecting New Zealanders and the very basic need—and right I would put it to the House—of being able to own and afford their own home. What we have done in our negotiations—and we've actually taken a win on this—is something that that party wasn't even interested in attempting: to protect the sanctity of the New Zealand home and to say to overseas investors that New Zealand homes are not your investment tools to be used to make profits on. These are Kiwi homes and they need to be protected for Kiwis. So I am proud to be standing here and congratulating the Minister on his work and taking up the message of New Zealand First and all of your supporters.Pharmac biologic issues in terms of protections there are no longer an issue for New Zealand. Copyright and patent laws remain the same. This is not the same deal and I congratulate this Government. Thank you.