Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Vote: Bills — Policing (Cost Recovery) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Policing (Cost Recovery) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Judith Collins
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Papakura)
SARAH DOWIE (National—Invercargill): I rise to take a very short call in support of the Policing (Cost Recovery) Amendment Bill in its third reading. In response to the previous contribution, by Jenny Salesa, I want to say that this bill is focused on... 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
(63 Ayes – 56 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 | 13 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 31 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |