Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Vote: Bills β Climate Change (Divestment from Fossil Fuels) Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Climate Change (Divestment from Fossil Fuels) Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Gareth Hughes
(Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand β List Member)
JAMES SHAW (Co-LeaderβGreen): I would like to start by responding to some of the criticisms of the bill that have been outlined with greater or lesser coherence by previous speakers. David Bennett started by saying a number of times that the Green... 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 clear majority
(48 Ayes β 73 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |