Thursday, 19 June 2014
Vote: Bills — Taxation (Annual Rates, Employee Allowances, and Remedial Matters) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Taxation (Annual Rates, Employee Allowances, and Remedial Matters) Bill be now read a third time
DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): The Taxation (Annual Rates, Employee Allowances, and Remedial Matters) Bill has gone through the whole process of Parliament and is well canvassed by all political parties. We had the Committee stage this week so what... 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 large majority
(97 Ayes – 22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 0 | 13 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |