Tuesday, 1 July 2003
Vote: Bills — Crimes Amendment Bill (No 6)
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Crimes Amendment Bill (No 6) be now read a third time
Moved by
Phil Goff
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Mount Roskill)
JILL PETTIS (NZ Labour—Whanganui): That was a tragic speech, and I do not use the word lightly, from a tragic party that sat there for 9 long years and did very little—I am being generous by saying very little—did nothing to address the causes of crime... Read more →
Third Reading — this is the last vote a bill needs to
pass before it's sent off to become law. Earlier votes (first reading, second reading, and
any votes on amendments along the way) decide what the bill looks like and whether it
keeps moving forward, but this is the one that actually decides whether it happens at all.
✓ Passed by a large majority
(107 Ayes – 8 Noes – 5 Absent)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
there's no per-member breakdown to show here.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 8 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 8 |
| Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 26 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |