Thursday, 28 August 2008
Vote: Bills — Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon David Parker
(New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
CHRIS TREMAIN (National—Napier): Two facts: firstly, our planet has a finite level of natural resources; the second fact is that we have an exploding global population, especially in Third World countries. I doubt that few people would now argue that... Read more →
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“Emissions Trading Scheme (carbon pricing on emissions)”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Emissions Trading Scheme (carbon pricing on emissions).
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 56 Noes – 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 47 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 2 |