Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Vote: Bills — Environmental Protection Authority (Protection of Environment) Amendment Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Environmental Protection Authority (Protection of Environment) Amendment Bill be now read a second time
SARAH DOWIE (National—Invercargill): I rise in opposition, obviously, to the Environmental Protection Authority (Protection of Environment) Amendment Bill. In doing so, I acknowledge Ms Whaitiri. I acknowledge her conservation ethic; it is of good... Read more →
🛑 Bill failed here — 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.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(59 Ayes – 62 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 | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |