Thursday, 21 October 2004
Vote: Bills — Parental Leave and Employment ProtectionAmendment Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill be now read a second time
PETER BROWN (Deputy Leader—NZ First): New Zealand First is determined to make some amendments to this bill. My colleague Bill Gudgeon has a Supplementary Order Paper, which provides for self-employed women to receive paid parental leave. We say that it is... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Extended paid parental leave”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Extended paid parental leave.
✓ Passed by a clear majority
(84 Ayes – 33 Noes – 3 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 6 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 1 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |