Thursday, 1 March 2007
Vote: Bills β Births, Deaths, Marriages, and RelationshipsRegistration Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill be agreed to
CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (National): As both Mark Blumsky and Sandra Goudie have said, National will oppose the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill. We have some real concerns about clause 26, which substitutes new... Read more β
β Passed by a narrow margin
(70 Ayes β 49 Noes β 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| MΔori 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 |