Following
Question Time and the General Debate MPs completed the third
reading debate on the Environmental Protection Authority
Bill, with it had been divided into the following parts
after the committee stage:
Environmental Protection
Authority Bill Climate Change Response Amendment Bill
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Bill
(No 2) Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Amendment Bill
Ozone Layer Protection Amendment Bill Resource
Management Amendment Bill.
The vote varied on each bill
with generally National, ACT, Maori Party and United Future
supporting for 68 against 54
ACT cast its five votes
against a number of the divided bills, which contained
references to a Treaty of Waitangi clause.
MPs began the
third reading debate on the Dairy Industry Restructuring
(New Sunset Provisions) Amendment Bill
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