Thursday, 14 December 2017
Vote: Bills — Families Package (Income Tax and Benefits) Bill
— Part 1 Income Tax (continued)
🗳️ That Part 1 be agreed to
The CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): Dr Parmjeet Parmar’s tabled amendment inserting new clauses 79 to 85, requiring newborn enrolment with general practice—this amendment was tabled as a new Part 3. However, the form of the bill is such that the clauses... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 57 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 | 1 |
| Green Party | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 56 |