Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Vote: Bills — Tariff (Malaysia Free Trade Agreement) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Tariff (Malaysia Free Trade Agreement) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Tim Groser
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
GRANT ROBERTSON (Labour—Wellington Central): I am pleased to take a call in the third reading of the Tariff (Malaysia Free Trade Agreement) Amendment Bill. We have had an extremely interesting debate today. Although the matters we are debating in this urgency... 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
(110 Ayes – 11 Noes – 1 Absent)
Hansard recorded how individual MPs from Māori Party voted,
but only a single party-wide total for everyone else. That pattern usually means
Māori Party allowed a conscience vote while the other parties
whipped a single position.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 5 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| New Zealand Labour | 42 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 58 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |
✓ Ayes (3)
Māori Party (3)
- Hon Te Ururoa Flavell (Member for Waiariki)
- Hon Sir Pita Sharples (Member for Tāmaki Makaurau)
- Hon Dame Tariana Turia (Member for Te Tai Hauāuru)