Thursday, 4 November 2004
Vote: Bills — Care of Children Bill
— Part 1 Preliminary provisions
🗳️ That Part 1 be agreed to
Moved by
Hon Damien O'Connor
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for West Coast-Tasman)
Hon BILL ENGLISH (National—Clutha-Southland): I raise a point of order, Madam Chairperson. This is a debate in which, as my colleague pointed out, he has taken a strong personal interest over some time. I expect the debate on Part 2 will be one in which even more... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(70 Ayes – 49 Noes – 1 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 | 0 | 8 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |