Thursday, 28 February 2013
Vote: Bills — Student Loan Scheme Amendment Bill (No 2)
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the question be agreed to
Moved by
Peter Dunne
(United Future New Zealand — Member for Ōhāriu)
MAGGIE BARRY (National—North Shore): New Zealand has one of the most generous student loan schemes in the world. It is interest-free and we want to keep it that way. Our very able chair of the Finance and Expenditure Committee, Todd McClay, has already... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(104 Ayes – 15 Noes – 2 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 | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |