Tuesday, 22 July 2003
Vote: Estimates Debate — Vote Social Development
🗳️ That Vote Social Development be agreed to
PANSY WONG (NZ National): What a wasted few minutes! So this Labour Minister will take credit for the decrease in the unemployment rate—which is because of good weather and a low exchange rate—but as soon as it comes to the increase in the... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(60 Ayes – 47 Noes – 13 Absent)
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 | 8 |
| Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 26 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |