Tuesday, 15 November 2016
Vote: Bills — Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Dr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei): It is a pleasure to take the final call on this bill, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment Bill. I want to weave in some of the themes that some of the colleagues before me have spoken about. I want to... 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 – 57 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 | 0 | 12 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 31 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |