Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Vote: Bills β Education (Vocational Education and Training Reform) Amendment Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Education (Vocational Education and Training Reform) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Chris Hipkins
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Rimutaka)
MICHAEL WOOD (LabourβMt Roskill): How extraordinary it is that after around 40 speeches from the Opposition over the course of this piece of legislation in the House, we have not heard a single solution for how we move forward the interests of the... Read more β
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 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.
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 | 55 |