Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Vote: Bills — Goods and Services Tax (Removing GST from Food) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Goods and Services Tax (Removing GST from Food) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
RAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Pāti Māori): I do want to acknowledge the Government over the last few speeches—you’ve gone all the way through to the end of them! I must say, under urgency, you might have done a minute or not even a minute. But I think that has... 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 large majority
(6 Ayes – 117 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 | 0 | 11 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 15 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 49 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 6 | 0 |