Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Vote: Bills β Litter (Increased Infringement Fee) Amendment Bill
β Second Reading
π³οΈ That the Litter (Increased Infringement Fee) Amendment Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Scott Simpson
(New Zealand National Party β Member for Coromandel)
DAN BIDOIS (NationalβNorthcote): Like the previous speaker, I too came to this debate very late in the piece today, but my jaw simply dropped when I heard that the Labour Party and the Green party are going to oppose a bill that raises the fines on... 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
(56 Ayes β 63 Noes β 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 9 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 46 |
| New Zealand National | 55 | 0 |