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Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Vote: Bills — Liquor Advertising (Television and Radio) Bill — First Reading

🗳️ That the Liquor Advertising (Television and Radio) Bill be now read a first time.

SUE KEDGLEY (Green): We have created a culture in New Zealand where we demonise some drugs such as cannabis, which we have just been talking about, and we tolerate, encourage, and indeed glamorise other drugs such as alcohol. It reminds...

HansardID: 675fdaab-4ab8-4767-9f83-41e79007f9c2
🛑 Bill failed here — 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.
🙋 Personal (conscience) vote — MPs voted as individuals rather than following their party's position. These are typically called on moral or ethical questions (e.g. euthanasia, abortion, alcohol law, marriage law), where by convention parties don't whip their members into a single position.
✕ Failed by a clear majority (36 Ayes – 80 Noes – 6 Absent)

✓ Ayes (36)

New Zealand Labour Party (22)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (9)
Māori Party (4)
Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition (1)

✕ Noes (80)

New Zealand National Party (58)
New Zealand Labour Party (17)
ACT New Zealand (4)
United Future New Zealand (1)