Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Vote: Bills β Fair Pay Agreements Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Fair Pay Agreements Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Michael Wood
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Mount Roskill)
Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Acting Prime Minister): There is so much I could respond to in that contribution from Mr Goldsmith, but today is a good day. Mr Goldsmith is a historian by training, a noble profession I might add. So I want to start for him with a short... Read more β
π We've linked this vote to our
βFair Pay Agreements (sectoral bargaining)β
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Fair Pay Agreements (sectoral bargaining).
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 clear majority
(76 Ayes β 43 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 | 10 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 10 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 64 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 33 |
| Te Paati MΔori | 2 | 0 |