Watts SimonSIMON WATTS (National—North Shore): I rise on behalf of the National Party and as a member of Parliament for North Shore to talk today on the third readings of the United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Legislation Bill and the Apple Transitional Export Quota Bill. As we've heard from prior speakers already this morning in this House this does represent a significant milestone for both our country and also the United Kingdom in terms of formalisation of a trade agreement which no doubt is one of the most significant in terms of what New Zealand has been able to negotiate to date. I think it is important to recognise all of those individuals both current and in the past that have contributed significantly across multiple Governments to ensure that we are where we are today in terms of being able to pass these bills through on their third reading.I have had the pleasure to spend nearly a decade living in the United Kingdom working in financial services and it is very clear when one lives outside of New Zealand particularly in the UK the very close relationship that our two countries share and continue to share and have shared for a long period of time across our history. I think those synergies that we have as our two countries together are very very important and provide the bedrock and the foundations I think for what you've seen in regards to this legislation and this trade agreement because both sides benefit here in terms of what is being done and passed. When you reflect in terms of the benefits both for New Zealand we've heard significant comment around the primary and hort sector. I grew up on an apple orchard my father is a horticulturalist and my grandfather was a horticulturalist. So the concept in regard to the impacts around apples and pears and all of that stuff is important and I do acknowledge those apple orchardists right out there at the moment. The apple trees are all out in bloom and they're starting to flower and they're a little bit hesitant around weather and impacts but they are in that phase. And if you think about our dairy farmers at the moment many of them would have just come in from the shed and are probably having a quick cup of tea and a little bit of breakfast before they head back out on the bike to do those chores on the farm because they are in the midst of their full production process on our farms at the moment. These individuals and these families across our country in rural and provincial New Zealand provide a significant contribution in terms of the economic wellbeing of our country and are a key input and enabler in terms of an export sector that will benefit from this trade agreement.I think it is also important to recognise that while we've got a significant element in terms of those sectors who do the production element it is also critically important that we have the infrastructure enablement through our ports. If I think about the port of Tauranga I think that is the preeminent export primary sector port in this country. Ensuring that those infrastructure assets and the enablement in the supply chain elements linked to those assets are operating as efficiently as possible will allow us both now and also into the future to maximise the benefits from such legislation.I also want to reflect on the benefits for the UK as well because as a result of this the tariffs in regard to clothing coming into New Zealand—buses ships excavators and bulldozers I see have all been cut and they also will allow UK lawyers and auditors to operate more in New Zealand in regard to providing cross-border advisory support. I think that slashing of red tape is critically important in terms of futureproofing New Zealand's ability to increase our productivity and economic growth.The other aspect I think is to reflect on where we go from here. As we know this legislation sets a precedent in terms of that. The EU deal's another conversation but I think the focus really is around the complex and continuation of trade discussions with both the US and India. Those two countries and the need for us to have much more sustainable plans and free-trade agreements with both of those entities will be the focus I think in terms of what we see in the next terms within this Parliament. So that's pretty much where I want to leave it. We will commend these bills to the House.