Tuesday, 2 December 2003
Vote: Bills — Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Damien O'Connor
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for West Coast-Tasman)
Dr WAYNE MAPP (National—North Shore): The essence of this bill is actually summarised by clause 11, which has already been read out. But it is such an important clause I will read it out again. Subclause (2) of that clause states: “An eligible individual... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Clean slate for old convictions”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Clean slate for old convictions.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(61 Ayes – 56 Noes – 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 7 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| United Future | 0 | 8 |