Wednesday, 22 November 2006
Vote: Bills โ Resource Management (Restricted Coastal Activities) Amendment Bill
โ First Reading
๐ณ๏ธ That the Resource Management (Restricted Coastal Activities) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Hon Dr NICK SMITH (NationalโNelson): I have just come from the Engineering Excellence Awards, where the Prime Minister and a number of Ministers of the Crown are talking about the engineering infrastructure that New Zealand needs. The words on the lips... Read more โ
๐ Bill failed here โ 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.
โ Failed by a narrow margin
(60 Ayes โ 60 Noes โ 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.
๐๏ธ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 2 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 6 |
| Mฤori Party | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 50 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Progressive | 0 | 1 |
| United Future | 3 | 0 |