Thursday, 11 September 2003
Vote: Bills — Gambling Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Gambling Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
George Hawkins
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Manurewa)
Hon MATT ROBSON (Deputy Leader—Progressive): Peter Brown and I share a regard for common sense, but we also share a belief in the wise words of the Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci, who said that common sense is often just shared prejudice. I am sure... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Gambling regulation”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Gambling regulation.
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
(62 Ayes – 52 Noes – 6 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 | 0 | 7 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 23 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |