Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Vote: Bills — Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved Water Management) Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved Water Management) Bill be now read a second time.
Moved by
Hon Dr Nick Smith
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Nelson)
BRENDON BURNS (Labour—Christchurch Central): I am pleased to take another call in the second reading of the Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved Water Management) Bill. If ever there was a misnamed bill, this is it. This bill is in the... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 53 Noes – 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 5 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| Māori Party | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 43 |
| New Zealand National | 58 | 0 |
| Progressive | 0 | 1 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |