Wednesday, 18 May 2005
Vote: Bills — Medicines (Specified Biotechnical Procedures) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Medicines (Specified Biotechnical Procedures) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Mita Ririnui
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Waiariki)
SHANE ARDERN (National—Taranaki-King Country): I rise to take a call in the third reading of the Medicines (Specified Biotechnical Procedures) Amendment Bill. I do so with some bemusement, because the very honourable retiring member from Invercargill, Mark Peck,... 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 clear majority
(83 Ayes – 35 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 | 0 | 9 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 25 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |