Thursday, 14 September 2006
Vote: Bills β Standards Amendment Bill
β Third Readings
π³οΈ That the Standards Amendment Bill and the Testing Laboratory Registration Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Nanaia Mahuta
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Tainui)
CHRIS AUCHINVOLE (National): I rise to speak against the Standards Amendment Bill and the Testing Laboratory Registration Amendment Bill. The bills are not supported by National, largely because they fall short of the mark, like so many of the... 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
(67 Ayes β 53 Noes β 1 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 | 2 |
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 50 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 3 | 0 |