Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Vote: Bills β Charter Schools (Application of Official Information and Ombudsmen Acts) Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Charter Schools (Application of Official Information and Ombudsmen Acts) Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Nanaia Mahuta
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Hauraki-Waikato)
Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (LabourβHauraki-Waikato): I want to thank all the members who participated in the debate, and, to some extent, to apologise to you, Mr Assistant Speaker, for the broad berth with which I launched into this really narrowly defined bill. I want... 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 |