Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Vote: Bills β Climate Change (Transport Funding) Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Climate Change (Transport Funding) Bill be now read a first time
JEANETTE FITZSIMONS (Green): It is a pleasure to celebrate Green Day, where every bill on the Order Paper today is a Green Party memberβs bill. I am proud of that. I thank the MΔori Party for its support, and I thank the Labour Party for its... 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
(56 Ayes β 64 Noes β 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 5 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 42 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 58 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |