Tuesday, 14 December 2004
Vote: Bills — Taxation (Venture Capital and MiscellaneousProvisions) Bill
— Third Readings
🗳️ That the Taxation (Annual Rates of Income Tax 2004-05) be now read a third time
Moved by
David Cunliffe
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for New Lynn)
JILL PETTIS (Labour—Whanganui): One of the rich ironies of the debate this afternoon is that the Opposition right-wing parties of National and ACT have been going on for years and years about how they are the party that is friendly towards business.... 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
(61 Ayes – 59 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 | 9 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |