Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Vote: Bills โ Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (No 2)
โ First Reading
๐ณ๏ธ That the Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Damien O'Connor
(New Zealand Labour Party โ Member for West Coast-Tasman)
Hon DAMIEN OโCONNOR (LabourโWest Coast - Tasman): In summary, this Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (No 2) seeks to put into legislation what the board of Fonterra says it is committed to. I say the board should support this through its National Party, and... Read more โ
๐ Bill failed here โ 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.
โ Failed by a narrow margin
(56 Ayes โ 64 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.
๐๏ธ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| Mana | 1 | 0 |
| Mฤori Party | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 33 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |