Thursday, 12 November 2015
Vote: Bills β Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Todd McClay
(New Zealand National Party β Member for Rotorua)
ANDREW BAYLY (NationalβHunua): It is a pleasure to be talking on this third reading of the Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill. Particularly after the previous speaker, Stuart Nash, I was getting so worried. I was getting so... Read more β
Third Reading β 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.
β Passed by a large majority
(105 Ayes β 12 Noes β 3 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 28 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |