Thursday, 14 December 2017
Vote: Bills β Families Package (Income Tax and Benefits) Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Families Package (Income Tax and Benefits) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Grant Robertson
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Wellington Central)
Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister of Education): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Itβs with great pride and humility that I rise as, I think, the last speaker for this bill and the last speaker in this urgency motion. Iβd like to begin by noting what a strong and cohesive... 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
(63 Ayes β 43 Noes β 14 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 | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 43 |