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Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Vote: Bills — Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Cellar Door Tasting) Amendment Bill — Second Reading

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

ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Teanau Tuiono): I have determined that the subject of this vote will be treated as a conscience issue. In this case, I know there are members who want a personal vote and I am prepared to accept one. This is the process we are going...

HansardID: 19d59e5b-8d3e-478c-a990-6910375d4e9c
🙋 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 (101 Ayes – 21 Noes – 1 Absent)

✓ Ayes (122)

New Zealand National Party (49)
New Zealand Labour Party (33)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (15)
ACT New Zealand (11)
New Zealand First Party (8)
Māori Party (6)

✕ Noes (0)