Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Vote: Third Readings
🗳️ That the Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Bill, the Fisheries Amendment Bill (No 2), the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Amendment Bill, and the Resource Management Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
Moved by
Phil Heatley
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Whangārei)
TE URUROA FLAVELL (Māori Party—Waiariki): Kia ora tātou e te Whare i tēnei pō. I am pleased to stand and take a call on this aquaculture legislation, and I am pleased to say that the Māori Party is supporting it. I am thrilled to be able to talk about this... 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
(87 Ayes – 13 Noes – 21 Absent)
Hansard recorded how individual MPs from ACT New Zealand voted,
but only a single party-wide total for everyone else. That pattern usually means
ACT New Zealand allowed a conscience vote while the other parties
whipped a single position.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 23 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 57 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |
✓ Ayes (2)
ACT New Zealand (2)
- Roger Douglas (List Member)
- Heather Roy (List Member)
✕ Noes (3)
ACT New Zealand (3)
- John Boscawen (List Member)
- Hilary Calvert (List Member)
- Rodney Hide (Member for Epsom)