Coates BarryBARRY COATES (Green): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. We have seen the great response of citizens iwi and our communities in supporting each other through this crisis. But yesterday at a time when our fellow citizens were recovering from the massive earthquake Parliament was engaged in passing legislation. Yesterday we saw the last chapter in the long sad story of the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPPA). New Zealand has been perhaps the first—and will possibly be the only—country to ratify an agreement that will probably never come into force. There was no possibility of it being signed in the United States before the presidential election and there is very little possibility under the new president President Trump that it will be signed after the election.A lot of people are saying that it is because of the election of Donald Trump that the TPPA has failed and I think that is to misread the situation. Actually the demise of the TPPA started 7 years ago in the period when negotiations were undertaken in extreme secrecy apart from corporate advisers who influenced the delegates into supporting their proposal. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been what we call a Trojan Horse agreement: the kind of agreement that has apparently trade benefits—that is its visible sign—but it includes elements that are profoundly dangerous for our society.We have seen a major movement rise up against the TPPA not only in New Zealand but internationally across the 12 countries negotiating it. We have seen fantastic work done by doctors in analysing the way it would undermine public health. Lawyers including the Chief Justice of New Zealand and the Chief Justice of Australia have expressed deep concern over investor-State dispute settlement provisions which would allow foreign corporations to take cases above the Government. We have seen local government mobilise representing 60 percent of the New Zealand public concerned about the way the TPPA will undermine local democracy. We have seen iwi representatives take a case under the Treaty of Waitangi concerned that granting new rights to corporations will undermine their rights under the Treaty of Waitangi. We have seen those concerned about internet freedom recognise that there are privacy concerns when our data is held overseas with no local control. We have seen concerns from trade unions and workers about a race to the bottom in human rights and in workers' rights in particular. We have seen concern about climate change. In the 6000 pages of the agreement there is not a single mention of climate change even though the TPPA can undermine action on climate change.We have concerns about the environment; two-thirds of the 696 cases taken under the investor-State dispute settlement provisions have been about the environment. We have seen academics undertake peer-reviewed research that has been necessary because the Government has not undertaken the research. We have seen small-business concerns about advantages being given to large foreign corporations rather than protecting small business. We have seen action in Parliament where 7 years of the Green Party raising issues has been joined by concerns and a strong position also from Labour New Zealand First and the Māori Party. In New Zealand over 100000 citizens signed petitions and many thousands march in rallies including 35000 in Auckland on 4 February.This is part of a global movement. This is why the TPPA was defeated. We do not want agreements like this to be resurrected so we are calling for fundamental change and for transparency and accountability in the processes. We are talking about rules that benefit companies that trade—not at the expense of small business and local economies not at the expense of social inclusion and human rights and not at the expense of the environment but in ways that will protect and support democracy. Thank you.