Thursday, 30 July 2026
Vote: Bills β English Language Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the English Language Bill be now read a third time
GLEN BENNETT: Kia ora, Madam Speaker, and it is yet again an interesting afternoon. What I hear from the members of the Government and from the Minister and from those who have taken calls is that this is all about clarity and...
HansardID: voice-vote-3c8ad580-5ef6-c910-59b6-6efca83b11f1
Third Reading β 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.
π£οΈ Passed on the voices β no MP called for a
formal, counted division on this one, so there's no Ayes/Noes tally or named vote to show,
just Hansard's own recorded outcome.