Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Vote: Bills — Disabled Persons Employment Promotion (Repeal and Related Matters) Bill
— Part 3 Minimum Wage Act 1983
🗳️ That Part 3 as amended be agreed to
DARREN HUGHES (Labour—Otaki): We have just had a member of Parliament from the National Party get up and tell us that if we do not want someone to be paid $4 an hour in New Zealand in 2007, that means we have caved in. That is an extraordinary... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(71 Ayes – 50 Noes)
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 | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 3 | 0 |