Thursday, 12 December 2019
Vote: Bills — Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Andrew Little
(New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
GREG O’CONNOR (Labour—Ōhāriu): I can only admire that previous speaker’s ability to feign indignation and to feign sincerity, because I know, as anyone sitting over there knows, this is good legislation. This is legislation that has to go through.... 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 of Aotearoa New Zealand | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 55 |