Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Vote: Bills — Education (Breakfast and Lunch Programmes in Schools) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Education (Breakfast and Lunch Programmes in Schools) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
METIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green): Let me first thank Hone Harawira and the Māori Party for drafting this bill and for bringing it to the House, after having the good luck to have it drawn out of the ballot. Hone Harawira has been a fierce and... Read more →
🛑 Bill failed here — 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.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(59 Ayes – 61 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 | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 11 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |