Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Vote: Bills β Customs and Excise (Sustainable Forestry) Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Customs and Excise (Sustainable Forestry) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Catherine Delahunty
(Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand β List Member)
CATHERINE DELAHUNTY (Green): I really was fascinated by the responses to my bill, the Customs and Excise (Sustainable Forestry) Amendment Bill, and also by the strange description of me and Jeanetteβwho have spent most of our adult lives living... Read more β
π Bill failed here β this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
β Failed by a narrow margin
(58 Ayes β 64 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 5 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 5 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 43 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 58 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |