Tuesday, 13 May 2003
Vote: Bills — Resource Management Amendment Bill (No 2)
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Resource Management Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
Moved by
Marian Hobbs
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Wellington Central)
JOHN CARTER (NZ National—Northland): I want to start my contribution to this debate by offering my congratulations to my colleague Nick Smith, for three reasons. The first reason is that an Opposition member knows when he or she is being an effective... 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
(60 Ayes – 54 Noes – 6 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 | 0 | 9 |
| Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |