Thursday, 30 March 2006
Vote: Bills — Legal Services Amendment Bill (No 2)
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Legal Services Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
Moved by
Mark Burton
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Taupō)
DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): The National Party opposes this bill, for very good reasons. The whole concept of legal aid is based on providing a fair level of representation for those in need of legal assistance. The most vulnerable in our... 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
(67 Ayes – 52 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 4 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 50 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 3 | 0 |