Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Vote: Bills — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
CARMEL SEPULONI (Labour—Kelston): In making a speech about the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Bill, I really want to start by referring to a quote that the Office of the Children’s... 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 clear majority
(75 Ayes – 45 Noes)
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 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 31 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |