Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Vote: Bills — Game Animal Council Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Game Animal Council Bill be now read a third time
ERIC ROY (National—Invercargill): It is a rare thing for me take a call. I thought I might make my second maiden speech of the day on this particular bill, the Game Animal Council Bill, and sum up the bill. This bill is really not about whether it... 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 narrow margin
(69 Ayes – 51 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 33 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |