Tuesday, 14 June 2005
Vote: Bills — Tariff (New Zealand - Thailand Closer Economic Partnership) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Tariff (New Zealand - Thailand Closer Economic Partnership) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Jim Sutton
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Aoraki)
JOHN CARTER (National—Northland): As I look around the House tonight, I see the member who has just resumed his seat, Ken Shirley, and the member who spoke a little earlier, Dail Jones. I can see no one else who has actually experienced what is it... 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
(94 Ayes – 22 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 | 9 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 8 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 24 | 0 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |