Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Vote: Imprest Supply Debate
🗳️ That the Appropriation (2014/15 Estimates) Bill be now read a third time, and the Imprest Supply (Second for 2014/15) Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Bill English
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Clutha-Southland)
MAGGIE BARRY (National—North Shore): It is with great pleasure that I rise to take one of the final calls on the Budget debate in the third reading of the Appropriation (2014/15 Estimates) Bill and the second reading of the Imprest Supply (Second for... 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
(62 Ayes – 56 Noes – 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |