Thursday, 30 May 2024
Vote: Bills — Taxation (Budget Measures) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Taxation (Budget Measures) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Simon Watts
(New Zealand National Party — Member for North Shore)
NANCY LU (National): A majority of average-income Kiwi households will be better off from 31 July, following the passing of this bill in Parliament later today. This bill gives effect to the coalition Government’s promise to New... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Cutting income tax rates”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Cutting income tax rates.
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
(68 Ayes – 49 Noes – 6 Absent)
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 | 11 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 15 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |