Wednesday, 5 April 2023
Vote: Bills โ Increased Penalties for Breach of Biosecurity Bill
โ Second Reading
๐ณ๏ธ That the Increased Penalties for Breach of Biosecurity Bill be now read a second time
ANNA LORCK (LabourโTukituki): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I tend to agree with Michael Woodhouse on how serious biosecurity risk is to our country. In fact, I would put it up there as one of the greatest challenges we have, to continue to protect our... Read more โ
๐ Bill failed here โ 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.
โ Failed by a clear majority
(46 Ayes โ 74 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.
๐๏ธ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 10 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 10 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 64 |
| New Zealand National | 34 | 0 |
| Te Paati Mฤori | 2 | 0 |