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Bill: GM Food Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2380
Description[?]:
| Genetically Modified foods are safe for public consumption. The banned should be lifted to allow the production and sale of them. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are banned.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:12:31, March 25, 2007 CET | From | Imperialist Party | To | Debating the GM Food Act |
| Message | As there is no evidence that genetically modified crops are harmful - it is simply the same crossbreeding process farmers have used for years, multiplied over time. GMF's are good for the health of the public - for instance, some of them can develop natural resistances to pests - eliminating some of the need for the use of chemicals in farming. As for the issue of crop diversity - that is another matter. Genetically modified crops, because they are broadly speaking superior may crowd out older varieties. If a disease were to target them specifically we would lose most of our crops. At the present the government has a large role in farming and can maintain crop diversity. Even without the government, there is a market for organic foods that will sustain less favoured varieties of crops. |
| Date | 11:27:43, March 25, 2007 CET | From | Popular Socialist Front | To | Debating the GM Food Act |
| Message | Ok, I'll vote for this if producers have to label their food if it has GMFs in it or not. And there has to be non-GM alternatives. That way, people can choose. |
| Date | 11:57:22, March 25, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Alliance | To | Debating the GM Food Act |
| Message | We would be happy with this and the PSF's compromise. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 68 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 533 |
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