Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Vote: Bills — Newborn Enrolment with General Practice Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Newborn Enrolment with General Practice Bill be now read a second time
Hon NICKY WAGNER (National): Let me make this very clear: this bill is about protecting our most vulnerable New Zealanders—our newborns—and making sure that they don’t fall through the cracks. It seems to me that the Government members are... Read more →
🛑 Bill failed here — 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.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(57 Ayes – 63 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 | 8 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 9 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 46 |
| New Zealand National | 56 | 0 |