Thursday, 22 May 2025
Vote: Bills — Social Assistance Legislation (Accommodation Supplement and Income-related Rent) Amendment Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Social Assistance Legislation (Accommodation Supplement and Income-related Rent) Amendment Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Louise Upston
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Taupō)
GRANT McCALLUM (National—Northland): Thank you, Madam Speaker. It is great to be the final speaker of the second reading of this, the Social Assistance Legislation (Accommodation Supplement and Income-related Rent) Amendment Bill. We are a fiscally... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 49 Noes – 5 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 | 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 |