Thursday, 30 May 2019
Vote: Bills — Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Budget Measures—Motor Spirits) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Budget Measures—Motor Spirits) Amendment Bill be now read a third time.
Moved by
Hon Phil Twyford
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Te Atatū)
PAUL EAGLE (Labour—Rongotai): Thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker. I’m speaker No. 12 of 12. This is it, and I’m the only speech standing in between transformation and—that’s it. It’s my pleasure to thank the Minister of Transport for this... 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 – 57 Noes)
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 of Aotearoa New Zealand | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 55 |