Thursday, 16 May 2013
Vote: Bills — Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill be reported to the House by 26 July 2013 and that the committee have the 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, and on a Friday in which there has been a sitting of the House, despite Standing Orders 188 and 191(1)(b) and (c).
Moved by
Hon Dr Nick Smith
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Nelson)
KRIS FAAFOI (Labour—Mana): A “proper job” is an old Cornish saying, and I fear that this House is not doing a proper job of giving the Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill the scrutiny that it needs when the Government has asked for... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(70 Ayes – 49 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 | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 33 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |