Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Vote: Bills — Land Transport Management Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Land Transport Management Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Gerry Brownlee
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Ilam)
SIMON O’CONNOR (National—Tāmaki): I thought we were actually discussing the Land Transport Management Amendment Bill. I am not quite sure what was going on there. You see, the key to land transport is ultimately about integration. That is what this... 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
(61 Ayes – 58 Noes – 1 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 | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 33 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |