Thursday, 28 June 2012
Vote: Bills — Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Christopher Finlayson
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
ALFRED NGARO (National): I am proud to take the final call on this Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Bill in its third reading. We used to have a saying—and I think it still exists—that if you do the... 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
(103 Ayes – 17 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 | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |