Wednesday, 1 June 2005
Vote: Privilege — Buchanan v Jennings—Question of Privilege
🗳️ That the House take note of the report of the Privileges Committee on the question of privilege referred on 21 July 1998 concerning Buchanan v Jennings
Moved by
Matt Robson
(Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition — List Member)
DAIL JONES (NZ First): This debate is about the extension of the right to exercise free speech in Parliament, which we call parliamentary privilege, to outside Parliament, as well. As members of Parliament, we currently have the right to... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(105 Ayes – 13 Noes – 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 9 | 0 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 26 | 0 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |