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Tuesday, 1 August 2023
Vote: Bills — Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Cellar Door Tasting) Amendment Bill — First Reading

🗳️ That the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Cellar Door Tasting) Amendment Bill be now read a first time

ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Members, I have determined that the subject of this vote will be treated as a conscience issue. In this case, I know that there are members who want a personal vote, and I am prepared to accept one. So this is the...

HansardID: 4661f20b-f574-4665-9f20-da1026308e08
🙋 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.
✓ Passed by a large majority (105 Ayes – 9 Noes – 5 Absent)

✓ Ayes (104)

New Zealand Labour Party (49)
New Zealand National Party (34)
ACT New Zealand (10)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (9)
Independent (2)

✕ Noes (8)

New Zealand Labour Party (8)