Smith StuartSTUART SMITH (National—Kaikōura): It is an interesting bill to talk about—interesting but not I suspect in the sense that the sponsor of the bill would think—the International Transparent Treaties Bill. Well done on getting your bill drawn out of the biscuit tin Mr Tabuteau. It is a great feeling to get a bill out and to get it into the House. It is fantastic.I would say one thing though. That was quite a Trump-esque speech. I would have to let you know though that the one thing aligning New Zealand First along the lines of the Brexit exit and the success of Donald Trump in the United States is that those were sorts of anti-establishment votes. The leader of New Zealand First is establishment. After 40 years in Parliament he is establishment so the parallels just end right there. But going back to the bill—Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Good.STUART SMITH: —in the previous speaker's contribution Dr Kennedy Graham mentioned something about one person having a constitutional law background on this side of the House I believe. Well I have to say that I recall during the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) debate actually looking across the House and thinking: Who on that side has an exporting and a trade background? I am not sure." I could not count any. There may well be one member whom I have missed but I could not count any. I would say coming from that background that to actually get out in the market and work in a foreign country and realise how much easier it is to have fair trade you would then have a much better understanding—not you Mr Deputy Speaker of course; the sponsor of the bill would—of what free trade means because clearly looking at the way this bill is drafted the sponsor does not.I know that it is well-intentioned as I mentioned before but it adds needless complexity which would make the Rules Reduction Taskforce's day seeing something like this to eliminate off the books. I would also point out to the Labour speaker—I am not sure which one it was who spoke earlier. The young fellow—what is his name? Anyway—Hon Member: Chris Hipkins I think.STUART SMITH: Chris Hipkins that is right. The TerraNova decision was in fact signed by the Government; then the legislation had to be passed by Parliament. So he quite misrepresented whether it was intentional or not—I doubt that it would be intentional; it was just a lack of homework yet again. This is a serious debating chamber on a serious issue. We should do our homework.The national interest analysis is a major plank in getting through all of these types of agreements that we sign up to. It then goes through the usual Westminster processes of coming to Parliament to be debated through a select committee—which was well explored by my colleague Mr Muller—and I think that is a very important process.I remember going through and being subbed on to the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee in Christchurch to hear the evidence there and it was worth the whole day to hear Sir Graeme Harrison from ANZCO talk about the world not owing us a living how difficult it was to get out there in the market and how much of a difference it would make to the meat industry to have a free-trade agreement particularly with Japan where a lot of beef goes. That is significantly impacted on compared with our friends and colleagues in Australia who have a much better trade deal with Japan than we do. The TPP would have enabled us to have the same basis to operate under. Hopefully TPP11 will be successful and I am sure it will be although I am sure that that support is not going to come from particularly the sponsor of this bill.I just want to finish by circling right back again and saying that really if the member was to walk in the shoes of someone who has done the trade and gone into the coalface of trade on the front line he really would understand much better the importance of negotiators having the ability to get in and negotiate make the decision sign the agreement and then come back to Parliament for its ratification which is the process we have today. Therefore sadly I oppose this bill."