Thursday, 19 July 2012
Vote: Bills β Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Paula Bennett
(New Zealand National Party β Member for Waitakere)
ALFRED NGARO (National): I am proud to take the final call on the Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Bill. There has been a lot of talk about evidence. It is not hard to realise that you do not need a lot of evidence to... Read more β
π We've linked this vote to our
βMaking access to sickness/incapacity benefits harderβ
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Making access to sickness/incapacity benefits harder.
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 narrow margin
(64 Ayes β 57 Noes)
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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| MΔori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |