Thursday, 19 June 2014
Vote: Bills — Vulnerable Children Bill
— Third Readings
🗳️ That the Vulnerable Children Bill; Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Vulnerable Children) Amendment Bill; KiwiSaver (Vulnerable Children) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Paula Bennett
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Waitakere)
LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupō): One of the names that has been mentioned quite a lot in the House today is the Children’s Commissioner, who had this to say about the legislation divided from the Vulnerable Children Bill: “Minister Bennett’s... 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
(105 Ayes – 10 Noes – 5 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 | 9 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |