Tuesday, 21 October 2003
Vote: Bills β Wine Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Wine Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Jim Sutton
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Aoraki)
JANET MACKEY (LabourβEast Coast): It is with pleasure that I stand in the House to speak to the final reading of this bill. It is a bill that came to the Primary Production Committee at the behest of the industry. The industry wanted access to the... Read more β
Third Reading β 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.
β Passed by a large majority
(108 Ayes β 5 Noes β 7 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 5 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 25 | 0 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 7 | 0 |