Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Vote: Bills — Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018-19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Stuart Nash
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Napier)
Dr DUNCAN WEBB (Labour—Christchurch Central): Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It’s with a real sense of sadness that I hear the same old story again that we need to leave money in the pockets of New Zealanders, and let’s lower the tax rates. Brett Hudson: Well,... 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 |