Thursday, 17 April 2014
Vote: Bills — Social Security (Fraud Measures and Debt Recovery) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Social Security (Fraud Measures and Debt Recovery) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Chester Borrows
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Whanganui)
MIKE SABIN (National—Northland): I am very happy to take the last call on the Social Security (Fraud Measures and Debt Recovery) Amendment Bill and to commend the Associate Minister for Social Development Chester Borrows for it. Some of our friends... 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
(102 Ayes – 17 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |