Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Vote: Bills — Plant Variety Rights Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Plant Variety Rights Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Dr David Clark
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Dunedin)
VANUSHI WALTERS (Labour—Upper Harbour): Thank you, Madam Speaker, for the opportunity to take a brief call in relation to the Plant Variety Rights Bill. I am not a member of the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee, who considered this... 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 large majority
(97 Ayes – 22 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 | 10 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 10 |
| New Zealand Labour | 64 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 33 | 0 |
| Te Paati Māori | 0 | 2 |