Introduced on December 3, the bill is in the name of Labour’s Peeni Henare. This bill amends the Customs and Excise Act 1996 to make goods produced in whole or in part by slave labour a prohibited import. First reading debate interrupted on August 10. Bill defeated at first reading vote on August 24 by 61 to 60 with National, ACT and United Future opposed. Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Bill