Tuesday, 2 March 2004
Vote: Bills — Health (National Cervical Screening Programme) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Health (National Cervical Screening Programme) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Annette King
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Rongotai)
JUDITH COLLINS (National—Clevedon): It has been very interesting listening to the reasoned debate in the Chamber and I must reiterate some of the comments made by other members of the House that there was a great deal of cooperation through the select... 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
(109 Ayes – 9 Noes – 2 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 | 8 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 26 | 0 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |