Thursday, 25 May 2006
Vote: Bills β Appropriation (2006/07 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, because for 7 years it has demonstrated a lack of vision, and a lack of the policies to transform New Zealand into a high-income, high-growth nation, and has instead wasted the opportunities provided by buoyant international conditions by overtaxing New Zealanders and wasting billions of taxpayers' dollars on low-quality spending programmes.β
Moved by
Peter Dunne
(United Future New Zealand β Member for Ohariu-Belmont)
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Minister of Finance): I congratulate that member on that brief, scintillating, and brilliant speech, in which he managed to mention my name as often as John Key did in his speech during the Budget debateβhe seems to have a fixation about... Read more β
β Failed by a narrow margin
(48 Ayes β 61 Noes β 12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 50 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Progressive | 0 | 1 |
| United Future | 0 | 3 |