Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Vote: Bills — Harmful Digital Communications Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Harmful Digital Communications Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Amy Adams
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Selwyn)
STUART SMITH (National—Kaikōura): I would just like to focus, in this very short call, on the importance of this bill not being too platform-specific. If we look back to 2004, Facebook came into being in February of that year, yet today that is one of... Read more →
✓ Passed by a clear majority
(77 Ayes – 43 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 11 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 32 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |