Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Vote: Bills — Callaghan Innovation Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Callaghan Innovation Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Steven Joyce
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): What a pleasure it is to stand and take a short call on this, the Callaghan Innovation Bill. What a remarkable piece of legislation by a Government that is committed to growth, to industry, to innovation, to science,... 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
(105 Ayes – 15 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |