Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Vote: Bills — Education (National Standards) Amendment Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Education (National Standards) Amendment Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Anne Tolley
(New Zealand National Party — Member for East Coast)
TODD McCLAY (National—Rotorua): What a great piece of legislation this will become when it is adopted later this week. Finally, after 9 years of a Government whose members are now sitting on the Opposition benches, we have legislation that will deal... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(66 Ayes – 46 Noes – 10 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 4 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 3 |
| Māori Party | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 43 |
| New Zealand National | 57 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |