Wednesday, 3 November 2004
Vote: Bills — Parental Leave and Employment ProtectionAmendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Ruth Dyson
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Banks Peninsula)
LINDSAY TISCH (National—Piako): We have just heard from that member over there that another 3,500 people will be paid parental leave. What about the rest? What about the self-employed people who will miss out in this legislation? It is all very well... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Extended paid parental leave”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Extended paid parental leave.
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
(70 Ayes – 50 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 | 8 | 0 |