Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Vote: Bills — Education (Tertiary Reforms) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Education (Tertiary Reforms) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Maryan Street
(New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
Hon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Leader—National): I would be very happy to explain to that member why National opposes this legislation, but let me say first that when it comes to tertiary education reform, never have so many people who thought they were so smart... 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
(66 Ayes – 55 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 | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 4 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |