Bennett David: Tariff (Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea) Amendment Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBennett David: Tariff (Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea) Amendment Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 24 September 2015. Volume:709;Page:7087. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): This bill is an important one. It is about free trade which we all know is important for our country going forward.I just want to go over some of the other parties that have spoken here today. With the Green Party at least it is consistent. It is against any free trade. It does not want us to be part of the modern world so that is fine. We know that is the Green Party’s position. We know that it does not want trade it does not want us to grow and it does not want us to have that opportunity.But the New Zealand First Party members come into this House and vote against this bill. This is the same party whose members go around New Zealand to all the regions saying “We are going to look after farmers. We are looking after the regions.” and yet they vote against the one thing that can help those people.The one thing that this country can do is get free trade for its farmers so that they have the opportunity to sell their products and New Zealand First votes against it. So anytime you see Winston Peters on TV saying that he is going to be out there batting for the regions and batting for the farmers he is lying. The reality is—The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Order! You cannot say that. The member will withdraw that comment.DAVID BENNETT: I withdraw.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Also I would like you to come back and focus. This is a third reading. It is not the general debate. I would like the member to come back to the focus of the third reading.Denis O’Rourke: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I take offence at the word used and the member should be required to apologise as well as withdraw.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I will decide the level. I have asked the member to withdraw. He withdrew and that is the end of the matter.DAVID BENNETT: When we look at the free-trade agreement we need free trade for our regions and for our farmers. This is what this bill is about. The New Zealand First Party members are not voting for that.Then we had the Labour Party members over there who are voting for this bill. They are voting for this bill but they do not believe in it. They do not believe in this because they are not going to vote for the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. What the Labour Party is trying to do is to say: “We’ve an open approach to free trade but at the same time we’re saying no to the biggest free-trade agreement that possibly could come before this country and before this Parliament.”The Labour Party members have some big issues there in respect of their approach to free trade. It shows the inconsistency of them. It was merely an attempt by members of the Labour Party to go for the mayoralty of Auckland and to talk about housing issues.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Order! I want you to concentrate as I mentioned—this is the second time—on what this is about which is the agreement with South Korea. The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is not part of this nor is the Auckland mayoralty nor any other matter. Come back to the focus of the third reading.DAVID BENNETT: The Labour Party members talked about the housing issues because they said that was one of the clauses of the agreement—that it would limit the ability of overseas buyers to come in from South Korea and buy houses.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Look I will not say it again. It does not matter what other people may have said. It is what we are saying now. Focus on the third reading.DAVID BENNETT: This is a good bill for traders in New Zealand. This is something that we accept and look forward to the House passing.