Thursday, 14 July 2011
Vote: Bills — Smoke-free Environments (Controls and Enforcement) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Smoke-free Environments (Controls and Enforcement) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Dame Tariana Turia
(Māori Party — Member for Te Tai Hauāuru)
CHRIS AUCHINVOLE (National—West Coast - Tasman): We will remove retail displays, ban retailers from using tobacco trading names to advertise tobacco, and have stricter restrictions on selling tobacco to young people, particularly to minors. I offer congratulations... 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
(117 Ayes – 3 Noes – 2 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 | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 42 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 57 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |
✓ Ayes (2)
ACT New Zealand (2)
- John Boscawen (List Member)
- Rodney Hide (Member for Epsom)
✕ Noes (3)
ACT New Zealand (3)
- Hilary Calvert (List Member)
- Roger Douglas (List Member)
- Heather Roy (List Member)