Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Vote: Bills — Social Security (Benefits Adjustment) and Income Tax (Minimum Family Tax Credit) Amendment Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Social Security (Benefits Adjustment) and Income Tax (Minimum Family Tax Credit) Amendment Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Louise Upston
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Taupō)
DEPUTY SPEAKER: The question is—[Interruption] Votes will be taken in silence, please. The question is that the motion be agreed to. Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Increasing benefit payments”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
against Increasing benefit payments.
✓ 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
there's no per-member breakdown to show here.
🏛️ 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 |