Tuesday, 14 October 2003
Vote: Bills β Supreme Court Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Supreme Court Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Margaret Wilson
(New Zealand Labour Party β List Member)
RUSSELL FAIRBROTHER (LabourβNapier): Up and down this country there are people whose most important life is their family life, yet they cannot take their disputes to a level of appeal equivalent to that able to be reached by the commercial companies 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 narrow margin
(63 Ayes β 53 Noes β 4 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 | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 8 |