Thursday, 22 March 2012
Vote: Bills β Search and Surveillance Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Search and Surveillance Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Judith Collins
(New Zealand National Party β Member for Papakura)
STEFFAN BROWNING (Green): The Greens oppose the Search and Surveillance Bill for many of the reasons that have just been put forward. The Greens also followed what happened with the Urewera trials, the ones known often as Operation Eight.... 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
(61 Ayes β 57 Noes β 3 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| MΔori Party | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 6 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |