Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Vote: Bills — Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Amendment Bill
— Third Readings
🗳️ That the Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Amendment Bill and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Gerry Brownlee
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Ilam)
Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM (Green): If there are no other speakers, then let me just reiterate that the Green Party—for the reasons advanced by Russel Norman, Julie Anne Genter, and me over the previous readings—will be opposing this legislation, 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
(106 Ayes – 15 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 | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |