Thursday, 30 May 2019
Vote: Bills β Social Assistance Legislation (Budget 2019 Welfare Package) Amendment Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Social Assistance Legislation (Budget 2019 Welfare Package) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Carmel Sepuloni
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Kelston)
PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN (Labour): Thank you, Madam Assistant Speaker. Iβd like to begin with a quote from the Welfare Expert Advisory Group report that is relevant to this bill: βA social contract between the Government and its citizens was... Read more β
π We've linked this vote to our
βIncreasing benefit paymentsβ
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Increasing benefit payments.
Third Reading β 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.
β Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes β 48 Noes β 9 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.
ποΈ 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 | 46 |