Wednesday, 19 May 2004
Vote: Bills β Social Security (Child Benefit) Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Social Security (Child Benefit) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
SUE BRADFORD (Green): First of all, I would like to thank those partiesβNew Zealand First and United Futureβthat offered to support this bill to the select committee, so that it could at least be considered in the context of Government... Read more β
π Bill failed here β 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.
β Failed by a clear majority
(30 Ayes β 80 Noes β 9 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 6 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 51 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 21 |
| Progressive | 0 | 2 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |