Thursday, 14 August 2003
Vote: Bills — Crown Minerals Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Harry Duynhoven
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for New Plymouth)
PHIL HEATLEY (NZ National—Whangarei): I too rise to make it clear that National opposes this bill, which we refer to as the anti-mining bill. I cannot do much better than Pansy Wong, who said on 21 December 2001 that, in the face of a considered High... 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 narrow margin
(61 Ayes – 50 Noes – 9 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 | 0 | 8 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 21 |
| United Future | 0 | 8 |