Thursday, 11 November 2010
Vote: Bills — Alcohol Reform Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Alcohol Reform Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Simon Power
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Rangitīkei)
SIMON BRIDGES (National—Tauranga): In the recent past there has been the discovery of Stone Age beer jugs from about 10,000 BC, or thereabouts, and the evidence essentially indicates to archaeologists that beer probably preceded bread as a staple... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Alcohol law reform (Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012)”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Alcohol law reform (Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012).
✓ Passed by a large majority
(117 Ayes – 3 Noes – 1 Absent)
Hansard recorded how individual MPs from ACT New Zealand voted,
but only a single party-wide total for everyone else. That pattern usually means
ACT New Zealand allowed a conscience vote while the other parties
whipped a single position.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 5 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 38 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 58 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |
✓ Ayes (2)
ACT New Zealand
(2)
- John Boscawen (List Member)
- Rodney Hide (Member for Epsom)
✕ Noes (3)
ACT New Zealand
(3)
- Hilary Calvert (List Member)
- Roger Douglas (List Member)
- Heather Roy (List Member)