Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Vote: Bills β Sustainable Biofuel Bill
β Second Reading
π³οΈ That the Sustainable Biofuel Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Kennedy Graham
(Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand β List Member)
ANDREW LITTLE (Labour): It is a pleasure to be standing and speaking in support of the Sustainable Biofuel Bill. It is disappointing that, irrespective of the time that this bill has had to take to get to this point, it lacks the support of... Read more β
π Bill failed here β this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
β Failed by a narrow margin
(51 Ayes β 69 Noes β 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 13 | 0 |
| Mana | 1 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |