Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Vote: Bills — Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Paula Bennett
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Waitakere)
MIKE SABIN (National—Northland): I am very pleased to take the last call on this very, very important bill, the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill. I want to commend the Minister for Social Development. I want to... 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 – 59 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 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |