Thursday, 12 June 2003
Vote: Bills — Minimum Wage Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Minimum Wage Amendment Bill be now read a third time
BRIAN CONNELL (NZ National—Rakaia): I thank the House for giving me the opportunity of speaking on this bill. Hitherto the good business people around New Zealand and the folk in Rakaia have been only too willing to take on young people, who are... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Minimum wage increases”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Minimum wage increases.
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 clear majority
(75 Ayes – 36 Noes – 9 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 | 0 | 5 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 23 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 8 |