Thursday, 19 June 2008
Vote: Third Readings
🗳️ That the Crimes Amendment Bill (No 3), the Criminal Disclosure Bill, the District Courts Amendment Bill (No 5), the Juries Amendment Bill, the Summary Proceedings Amendment Bill (No 4), and the Victims’ Rights Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Annette King
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Rongotai)
Dr PITA SHARPLES (Co-Leader—Māori Party): Tēnā koe, Mr Assistant Speaker. The Māori Party is the newest political party in this Chamber. We are always happy to share our experience of the innovations and initiatives that we have drawn on in establishing... 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
(108 Ayes – 11 Noes – 2 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 | 0 | 6 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 4 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |