Thursday, 18 October 2012
Vote: Bills — Minimum Wage (Starting-out Wage) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Minimum Wage (Starting-out Wage) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Tony Ryall
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Bay of Plenty)
SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): As this debate on the first reading of the Minimum Wage (Starting-out Wage) Amendment Bill draws to a conclusion today it has been interesting to sit here in the Chamber and listen to the stark contrast between... Read more →
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“Introducing a sub-minimum youth "starting-out wage"”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Introducing a sub-minimum youth "starting-out wage".
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(61 Ayes – 59 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 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |