Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Vote: Bills — Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Tobacco Products) Amendment Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Tobacco Products) Amendment Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Dame Tariana Turia
(Māori Party — Member for Te Tai Hauāuru)
HEKIA PARATA (National): Tēnā koe e te Mana Whakawā, huri noa i tō tātou Whare, tēnā tātou katoa. I am very proud to be standing, if not in unanimity, as the previous speaker indicated, then in near unity and definite consensus on the Excise... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(118 Ayes – 4 Noes)
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 | 43 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 58 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |
✓ Ayes (1)
ACT New Zealand (1)
- John Boscawen (List Member)
✕ Noes (4)
ACT New Zealand (4)
- Roger Douglas (List Member)
- David Garrett (List Member)
- Rodney Hide (Member for Epsom)
- Heather Roy (List Member)