Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Vote: Bills β Employment Relations (Statutory Minimum Redundancy Entitlements) Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Employment Relations (Statutory Minimum Redundancy Entitlements) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Darien Fenton
(New Zealand Labour Party β List Member)
DARIEN FENTON (Labour): First of all, I want to thank the Green Party and the MΔori Party, and, of course, my colleagues in the Labour Party, for their contributions and support. I appreciate very much their understanding that this is a... 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
(57 Ayes β 64 Noes β 1 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 | 5 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 5 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 43 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 58 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |