Thursday, 21 June 2007
Vote: Bills β State-Owned Enterprises (AgriQuality Limited and Asure New Zealand Limited) Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the State-Owned Enterprises (AgriQuality Limited and Asure New Zealand Limited) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Clayton Cosgrove
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Waimakariri)
NATHAN GUY (National): I rise to take a call on the State-Owned Enterprises (AgriQuality Limited and Asure New Zealand Limited) Bill. It is a complete nonsense billβcomplete nonsense! I was here for the first and second readings, and I sat... 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
(64 Ayes β 51 Noes β 6 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 |
| MΔori Party | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |