Thursday, 24 May 2012
Vote: Bills — Social Security (Long-term Residential Care—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill
— Part 2 Applicable asset thresholds: General
🗳️ That Part 2 be agreed to.
Hon PHIL GOFF (Labour—Mt Roskill): I want to pick up where my colleague the Hon Annette King has left off. We have been sitting in this Chamber now for some time. We have been waiting for the Minister for Social Development to get to her feet to... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(64 Ayes – 54 Noes – 3 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 | 11 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |