Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Vote: Bills — Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Justice and Electoral Committee report back to the House on or before 11 June 2012, and that the committee have authority to meet at any time while the House is sitting (except during oral questions), during any evening on a day on which there has been a sitting of the House, on a Friday in a week in which there has been a sitting of the House, and outside the Wellington area during a sitting of the House, despite Standing Orders 188, 190(a), and 191(1)(b) and (c)
Moved by
Phil Heatley
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Whangārei)
DAVID CLENDON (Green): I am pleased to take the opportunity to respond to this motion. I understand that it is only our new Standing Orders that actually enable this process to go ahead. I think there is a general consensus around the House... Read more →
✓ Passed by a clear majority
(72 Ayes – 48 Noes – 1 Absent)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
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🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 13 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |