Tuesday, 7 June 2005
Vote: Bills β Appropriation (2005/06 Estimates) Bill
π³οΈ That all the words after βThatβ be omitted and the following inserted: βthis House has no confidence in this Labour-led Government, which lacks the vision to lead New Zealand to a high growth, high income future, which will cause growing numbers of our children and grandchildren to seek better opportunities abroad, and which, having overtaxed hardworking New Zealanders for five long years, insults their intelligence with election year fiddling, while our future burns.β
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Minister of Finance): It is a time-limited debate, and 10 minutes before the end of the Budget debate the Minister of Finance is called in reply, regardless of whoever is actually speaking at that point. The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Clem... Read more β
β Failed by a narrow margin
(48 Ayes β 70 Noes β 2 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 | 7 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| MΔori Party | 1 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 51 |
| New Zealand National | 27 | 0 |
| Progressive | 0 | 2 |
| United Future | 0 | 8 |