Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Vote: Bills — Intelligence and Security Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Intelligence and Security Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Christopher Finlayson
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): It is a pleasure to be the final speaker in this third reading debate, in what has been quite a historic and a momentous debate, I think, in terms of this Parliament’s legislative agenda. I have sat and listened very... 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
(106 Ayes – 14 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 | 11 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |