Wednesday, 3 December 2003
Vote: Bills — Smoke-free Environments Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Smoke-free Environments Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Steve Chadwick
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Rotorua)
PETER BROWN (Deputy Leader—NZ First): Let me start by saying that all New Zealand First MPs are opposed to smoking, in terms of what it does to people. I know we have one smoker in our midst. [Interruption] He is very famous and a very effective... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Smokefree workplaces”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Smokefree workplaces.
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 – 52 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 | 8 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 1 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 2 | 25 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 6 |