Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Vote: Third Readings
🗳️ That the Building Amendment Bill (No 3), the Commerce Amendment Bill (No 4), the Copyright Amendment Bill, and the Health Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Chris Carter
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Te Atatū)
DIANNE YATES (Labour—Hamilton East): I want to refer to some of the problems that have been highlighted, which resulted in the Legislation (Incorporation by Reference) Bill being introduced to the House. First of all, when the original Building Bill was... 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 narrow margin
(61 Ayes – 56 Noes – 3 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 | 6 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |