Thursday, 23 March 2006
Vote: Bills — Tariff (Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Tariff (Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Jim Sutton
(New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
BRIAN CONNELL (National—Rakaia): I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I would like you to reflect on the process here. The vote was called for, but the member was silent when asked to cast the vote for United Future. I am not sure he can now seek to... 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 large majority
(111 Ayes – 10 Noes)
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 | 2 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 6 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 4 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 50 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 3 | 0 |