Thursday, 26 June 2008
Vote: Bills — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Bill (No 2)
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Maryan Street
(New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): It is a pleasure to rise to talk on the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Bill (No 2). This is the third reading of a bill that we have had substantial debate on over the last couple of... 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
(68 Ayes – 49 Noes – 4 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 | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |