Thursday, 28 October 2021
Vote: Bills — COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Chris Hipkins
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Remutaka)
Dr EMILY HENDERSON (Labour—Whangārei): Kia ora e te Māngai o te Whare. I rise to take a brief call on this bill, which is designed to respond to the emergency circumstances in which we now live. There are two sorts of people in an emergency, and it kind... 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 clear majority
(75 Ayes – 43 Noes – 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 10 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 10 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 65 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 33 |