Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Vote: Bills โ Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Bill
โ First Reading
๐ณ๏ธ That the Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
PEENI HENARE (LabourโTฤmaki Makaurau): Tฤnฤ koe, Mr Assistant Speaker. Thank you very much for this opportunity to reply. Can I thank the Hon Maryan Street, whoโ[Interruption] The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): No, no. Order! Can I just ask the... Read more โ
๐ Bill failed here โ 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.
โ Failed by a narrow margin
(60 Ayes โ 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.
๐๏ธ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| Mฤori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |