Thursday, 7 September 2006
Vote: Bills β Employment Relations Amendment Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Employment Relations Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Ruth Dyson
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Banks Peninsula)
DAVE HEREORA (Labour): I, too, would like to take a short call in support of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, and really get back to its intention in terms of offering protections to vulnerable workers. What does that really mean?... 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
(68 Ayes β 51 Noes β 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 50 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 3 |