Thursday, 20 September 2012
Vote: Bills — Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Paula Bennett
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Waitakere)
MIKE SABIN (National—Northland): I am very pleased to stand in support of this particular bill, the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill. We have heard from the other side about politicking. If we want to fix welfare,... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(69 Ayes – 50 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 13 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |