Thursday, 20 March 2008
Vote: Bills — Biosecurity and Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Legislation Amendment Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Biosecurity and Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Legislation Amendment Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Jim Anderton
(Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition — Member for Wigram)
ERIC ROY (National—Invercargill): I would like to take a call on the Biosecurity and Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Legislation Amendment Bill as well. I am a member of the Primary Production Committee, and I would like to think that I played... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(109 Ayes – 10 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 | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |