Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Vote: Bills — Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Judith Collins
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Papakura)
LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupō): I am very proud to take the final call in this first reading debate of the Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Bill, which was brought before the House by Minister Judith... 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 large majority
(103 Ayes – 17 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 | 13 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |