Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Vote: Bills — Social Assistance (Future Focus) Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Social Assistance (Future Focus) Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Paula Bennett
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Waitakere)
TODD McCLAY (National—Rotorua): It gives me pleasure to stand and speak on the Social Assistance (Future Focus) Bill. The most important part of the title is “Future Focus”, and I congratulate the Minister for Social Development and Employment on... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(65 Ayes – 57 Noes)
Hansard recorded how individual MPs from Māori Party voted,
but only a single party-wide total for everyone else. That pattern usually means
Māori Party allowed a conscience vote while the other parties
whipped a single position.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 5 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 43 |
| New Zealand National | 58 | 0 |
| Progressive | 0 | 1 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |
✓ Ayes (1)
Māori Party (1)
- Hon Dame Tariana Turia (Member for Te Tai Hauāuru)
✕ Noes (4)
Māori Party (4)
- Hon Te Ururoa Flavell (Member for Waiariki)
- Hone Harawira (Member for Te Tai Tokerau)
- Rahui Katene (Member for Te Tai Tonga)
- Hon Sir Pita Sharples (Member for Tāmaki Makaurau)