Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Vote: Bills — Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Dr Megan Woods
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Wigram)
WILLOW-JEAN PRIME (Labour): Tuatahi māku e Te Māngai o Te Whare, he mihi poto tēnei pea, koinā te mea, ko tēnei tō tau tuatahi, kotahi, i roto i tēnei Whare. Hari huritau mō tō whai tūranga hei Māngai mō Te Whare. [Firstly, for me, to the... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Less red tape for mining industry”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
against Less red tape for mining industry.
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
(63 Ayes – 56 Noes – 1 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 | 1 |
| Green Party | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 55 |