Wednesday, 16 February 2005
Vote: Bills β Customs and Excise (Motor Spirits) Amendment Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Customs and Excise (Motor Spirits) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Rick Barker
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Tukituki)
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE (Minister of Communications): The country is recovering from a decade of neglect to infrastructure. Auckland is bogged down with a roading crisis, and this Government is doing what it can to solve that problem. My only reservation about this... Read more β
Third Reading β 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.
β Passed by a narrow margin
(69 Ayes β 48 Noes β 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 7 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 7 | 0 |