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Wednesday, 2 May 2007
Vote: Bills — Easter Sunday Shop Trading Amendment Bill — Second Reading

🗳️ That the Easter Sunday Shop Trading Amendment Bill be now read a second time

MARK BLUMSKY (National): Does it not show the colour and magic of the mix of Parliament when, in relation to the bill we have just been listening to, this member has received in the order of 7,860 emails and the debate has taken many, many...

HansardID: 9879c561-88de-41f5-a4a8-f0294cafb830
🛑 Bill failed here — 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.
🙋 Personal (conscience) vote — MPs voted as individuals rather than following their party's position. These are typically called on moral or ethical questions (e.g. euthanasia, abortion, alcohol law, marriage law), where by convention parties don't whip their members into a single position.
✕ Failed by a clear majority (37 Ayes – 84 Noes)

✓ Ayes (37)

New Zealand National Party (32)
New Zealand Labour Party (3)
ACT New Zealand (2)

✕ Noes (83)

New Zealand Labour Party (46)
New Zealand National Party (16)
New Zealand First Party (7)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (5)
Māori Party (4)
United Future New Zealand (3)
Independent (1)
Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition (1)