Tuesday, 16 August 2016
Vote: Bills — Education Legislation Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Education Legislation Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hekia Parata
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
STUART SMITH (National—Kaikōura): Education is something that the National Government takes very, very seriously. I think that is best demonstrated by the 2.5 percent increase in the Budget to $11 billion for education, which is a phenomenal actual... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 57 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 13 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 32 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |