Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Vote: Bills — Corrections Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Corrections Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Rick Barker
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Tukituki)
SIMON POWER (National—Rangitikei): I wish to make a short contribution on the Corrections Bill that, if I time it correctly, should end just prior to 6 o’clock. The matters relating to the ideological nature of this bill have been well canvassed by... 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 – 53 Noes – 4 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 | 0 | 4 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 8 |