Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Vote: Standing Orders—Suspension
🗳️ That Standing Order 299(1) be suspended to authorise the Committee of the whole House on the Courts and Criminal Matters Bill to consider and, if it thinks fit, adopt the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 202, as amended by Supplementary Order Paper No 244, to the following Acts that were not included in the Courts and Criminal Matters Bill as introduced--the Crimes Act 1961, the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009, the Disputes Tribunals Act 1988, the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, the Misues of Drugs Amendment Act 1978, and the Residential Tenancies Act 1986
CARMEL SEPULONI (Labour): I rise to speak on the Government motion No. 5 (Courts and Criminal Matters Bill), following on from my colleague Carol Beaumont. I think she did a good job of going into the technical aspects of the bill, so I will... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(109 Ayes – 10 Noes – 2 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 | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 41 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 58 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |