Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Vote: Bills — Legal Services Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Legal Services Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Paul Goldsmith
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
RIMA NAKHLE (National—Takanini): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to issue an apology to all the victims of rape, an apology to all the victims of violence, an apology to all the victims of aggravated robbery, for the $7.7 million of taxpayers’... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 55 Noes)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
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🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 11 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 15 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 6 |