Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Vote: Bills β Animal Welfare (Treatment of Animals) Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Animal Welfare (Treatment of Animals) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Sue Kedgley
(Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand β List Member)
SUE KEDGLEY (Green): I start by acknowledging, as Phil Twyford did, the members of Save Animals from Exploitation, the SPCA, and all the hundreds of New Zealanders who took the trouble to contact MPs, to email MPs, and to write to MPs... 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 62 Noes β 3 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 | 4 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 5 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 39 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 58 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |