Tuesday, 9 November 2004
Vote: Bills — Care of Children Bill
— Third Readings
🗳️ That the Care of Children Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
David Benson-Pope
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Dunedin South)
LIANNE DALZIEL (Labour—Christchurch East): I agree with the member’s final comment that children do not live their lives in textbooks. They do not live their lives in fairy tales either. I wish it were always true when mum and dad marry and say they are going... 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
(62 Ayes – 58 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 | 8 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 8 |