Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Vote: Bills β Housing Corporation (Affordable Housing Development) Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Housing Corporation (Affordable Housing Development) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Kelvin Davis
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Te Tai Tokerau)
KELVIN DAVIS (LabourβTe Tai Tokerau): OhβI am devastated, I am traumatised. You know, I am broken. I really thought that the National Government members, when they heard all the great arguments and heard the stories about people living in cars and... Read more β
π Bill failed here β this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
β Failed by a narrow margin
(59 Ayes β 61 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 31 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |