Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Vote: Bills — Shark Cage Diving (Permitting and Safety) Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Shark Cage Diving (Permitting and Safety) Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Sarah Dowie
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Invercargill)
SARAH DOWIE (National—Invercargill): Oh, great. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I was waiting for another speaker on the other side, but thank goodness I didn’t, because after hearing all of those contributions, I have to say: Louisa Wall MP for Minister of... 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 of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 9 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 46 |
| New Zealand National | 55 | 0 |