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Wednesday, 26 March 2003
Vote: Bills — Rotorua District (Easter Sunday Shop Trading) Bill — Second Reading

🗳️ That the Rotorua District (Easter Sunday Shop Trading) Bill be now read a second time

Mr SPEAKER: Before I put the question to members I will make a ruling on the point that Mr Peters raised. This is a local bill promoted by the Rotorua District Council. It is open to other district councils to promote their own...

HansardID: 5640995d-e041-4201-8826-2f8aec352cd0
🛑 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.
🙋 Personal (conscience) vote — MPs voted as individuals rather than following their party's position. These are typically called on moral or ethical questions (e.g. euthanasia, abortion, alcohol law, marriage law), where by convention parties don't whip their members into a single position.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin (55 Ayes – 63 Noes – 2 Absent)

✓ Ayes (54)

New Zealand Labour Party (22)
New Zealand First Party (12)
ACT New Zealand (9)
New Zealand National Party (9)
United Future New Zealand (2)

✕ Noes (60)

New Zealand Labour Party (28)
New Zealand National Party (16)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (8)
United Future New Zealand (6)
Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition (1)
New Zealand First Party (1)