Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Vote: Bills — Credit Reforms (Responsible Lending) Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Credit Reforms (Responsible Lending) Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Carol Beaumont
(New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
CARMEL SEPULONI (Labour): I seek leave to table the letter to the Prime Minister, dated 19 July 2010, by the premier organisation of Pacific women in New Zealand—P.A.C.I.F.I.C.A. Inc.—asking that the Government send this bill to the select... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Crackdown on loan sharks and predatory lenders”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Crackdown on loan sharks and predatory lenders.
🛑 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.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(59 Ayes – 63 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 5 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 5 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 43 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 58 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |