Thursday, 15 May 2008
Vote: Bills — New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Shane Jones
(New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
Hon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Leader—National): Along with my colleagues I rise to support the further progress of this legislation on the free-trade agreement with China. The events of the last couple of months sum up our sometimes ambivalent attitude, as... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(102 Ayes – 17 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 0 | 6 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 4 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |