Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Vote: Bills — Corrections Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Corrections Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Anne Tolley
(New Zealand National Party — Member for East Coast)
TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West): We have had several cricketing analogies since the dinner adjournment, and although a few of the previous speakers expressed a degree of uncertainty about their batting ability, I can say with absolute confidence that... 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
(70 Ayes – 50 Noes – 1 Absent)
Hansard recorded how individual MPs from Māori Party voted,
but only a single party-wide total for everyone else. That pattern usually means
Māori Party allowed a conscience vote while the other parties
whipped a single position.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |
✓ Ayes (2)
Māori Party (2)
- Hon Te Ururoa Flavell (Member for Waiariki)
- Hon Dame Tariana Turia (Member for Te Tai Hauāuru)
✕ Noes (1)
Māori Party (1)
- Hon Sir Pita Sharples (Member for Tāmaki Makaurau)