Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Vote: Bills — Immigration (Mass Arrivals) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Immigration (Mass Arrivals) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Erica Stanford
(New Zealand National Party — Member for East Coast Bays)
GRANT McCALLUM (National—Northland): It’s a great privilege to rise to make the final contribution to this very important debate on the Immigration (Mass Arrivals) Amendment Bill in its third reading. We’ve heard some contributions tonight where members... 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
(102 Ayes – 15 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 | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |