Thursday, 20 February 2014
Vote: Bills — Taxation (Annual Rates, Foreign Superannuation, and Remedial Matters) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Taxation (Annual Rates, Foreign Superannuation, and Remedial Matters) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Todd McClay
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Rotorua)
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY (Labour—Palmerston North): David Bennett is not often right, but he is wrong again. He has completely got the wrong end of the stick. He does not understand Labour policy, he probably does not understand National policy, and he certainly does... 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 | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |