Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Vote: Bills β Education (Charter Schools Curriculum) Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Education (Charter Schools Curriculum) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Hon PHIL GOFF (LabourβMt Roskill): Where do I start? Well, let us start with: βLetβs not get all ideological.β There is one reason why we are before this House debating charter schools. It is that that party over there, the ACT Party, with its 0.4... 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 narrow margin
(59 Ayes β 62 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 | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |