Thursday, 3 May 2012
Vote: Bills — Immigration Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Immigration Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Nathan Guy
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Ōtaki)
SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): As we draw to an end this first reading debate on the Immigration Amendment Bill, it is a great pleasure for me to rise in the House today to support the bill and to support it with vigour. We are a very desirable... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 57 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 | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |