Thursday, 23 June 2011
Vote: Bills — Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Steven Joyce
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
JO GOODHEW (National—Rangitata): It falls to me to end on a very positive note. Boosting infrastructure is one of National’s six points for a much stronger economy, and boosting broadband is part of this initiative. Rural communities and schools will... 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 narrow margin
(65 Ayes – 52 Noes – 4 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 | 8 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 40 |
| New Zealand National | 58 | 0 |
| Progressive | 0 | 1 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |
✓ Ayes (3)
ACT New Zealand (3)
- John Boscawen (List Member)
- Hilary Calvert (List Member)
- Rodney Hide (Member for Epsom)
✕ Noes (2)
ACT New Zealand (2)
- Roger Douglas (List Member)
- Heather Roy (List Member)