Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Vote: Bills — Student Loan Scheme Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Student Loan Scheme Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Peter Dunne
(United Future New Zealand — Member for Ōhāriu)
MICHAEL WOODHOUSE (National): I will take just a quick call—in fact, my only call today—on the Student Loan Scheme Bill. In the debate we have referred to interest-free student loans, and indeed the Government has accepted that the electorate says... 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 – 10 Noes – 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 5 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| Māori Party | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 42 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 57 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |