Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Vote: Bills — Emergency Management Bill (No 2)
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Emergency Management Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
LEMAUGA LYDIA SOSENE: Thank you Mr Speaker. Lemauga—all good. SPEAKER: Sorry—my apologies. LEMAUGA LYDIA SOSENE: Thank you, Mr Speaker, and thank you, Katie. I was trying to get through with no tears, but thank you so much for your...
HansardID: voice-vote-8d89aca6-64d9-55b3-e34e-34640a6fa470
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 on the voices — 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.