Thursday, 20 June 2019
Vote: Bills — Taxation (Annual Rates for 2019–20, GST Offshore Supplier Registration, and Remedial Matters) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2019–20, GST Offshore Supplier Registration, and Remedial Matters) Bill be now read a third time.
Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL (Labour—New Lynn): Mr Speaker, I am delighted to take the final call on the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2019–20, GST Offshore Supplier Registration, and Remedial Matters) Bill. It’s a tax bill, and it’s a very interesting one. 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 of Aotearoa New Zealand | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 55 |