Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Vote: Bills — Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (Continuation and Reform) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (Continuation and Reform) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Judith Collins
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Papakura)
JAMI-LEE ROSS (National—Botany): On this subject I would like to start by reading out a quote in relation to this issue. It goes along like this: “Most people, including myself, have a deep sense that it is wrong that serious offenders can be awarded... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Restricting prisoner compensation payouts (redirect to victims)”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Restricting prisoner compensation payouts (redirect to victims).
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 52 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |