Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Vote: Bills — Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill be now read a third time.
Moved by
Hon Damien O'Connor
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for West Coast-Tasman)
PHIL TWYFORD (Labour—Te Atatū): Labour supports the Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill. I just want to say that although the filibuster is a perfectly legitimate tool of debate in this House and part of the... 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
(119 Ayes – 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| 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 |