Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Vote: Imprest Supply Debate
🗳️ That the Appropriation (2017/18 Estimates) Bill be now read a third time and the Imprest Supply (Second for 2017/18) Bill be now read a second time
TODD MULLER (National—Bay of Plenty): It is great to be, I think, the last speaker on the Appropriation (2017/18 Estimates) Bill this evening. I have had the great privilege to sit and listen over the last little while to a couple of parliamentary... 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 narrow margin
(62 Ayes – 57 Noes)
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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 31 |
| New Zealand National | 58 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |