Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Vote: Bills — Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Amending Primary Function of Bank) Amendment Bill (No 2)
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Amending Primary Function of Bank) Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a first time
Moved by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
(New Zealand First Party — List Member)
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): I have got 5 minutes—this is 5 minutes, is it not? Barbara Stewart: Yes. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: I will just take a brief time in my 5 minutes to point out that the National Party was so bereft of an argument that it... Read more →
🛑 Bill failed here — 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.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(59 Ayes – 61 Noes)
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 | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| Mana | 1 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 33 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |