Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Vote: Bills — Social Security Bill
— Third Readings
🗳️ That the Social Security Bill, the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Bill, and the Artificial Limb Service Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Carmel Sepuloni
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Kelston)
ANAHILA KANONGATA’A-SUISUIKI (Labour): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. It is an absolute honour to take the short and last call on the third readings of the legislation arising from the Social Security Legislation Rewrite Bill: the Social Security Bill, the... 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
(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 |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 56 |