Thursday, 13 June 2013
Vote: Bills — Immigration Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Immigration Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Michael Woodhouse
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
SIMON O’CONNOR (National—Tāmaki): I am very pleased to rise in support of the Immigration Amendment Bill. I want to acknowledge the Minister of Immigration, the Hon Michael Woodhouse. I believe that this is his first Government bill that is coming... 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
(63 Ayes – 53 Noes – 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 30 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |