Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Vote: Bills β Land Transfer (Foreign Ownership of Land Register) Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Land Transfer (Foreign Ownership of Land Register) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
(New Zealand First Party β Member for Northland)
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Could I just, while the Clerk is adding them up, remind members that votes are meant to be held in silence. While I am at it, I will remind Mr McKelvie that he does not wander round and interject. He interjects when... 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
(57 Ayes β 63 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 | 31 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |