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Bill: Privatisation of the Railways
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Radical 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: December 2538
Description[?]:
| As with many other sectors of society, the GPRP believes that a more limited level of state control is required: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Current: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Proposed: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:03:44, February 27, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Privatisation of the Railways |
| Message | We notice the CCP has voted in the opposite direction to the usual, against state control rather then for. Why is this? |
| Date | 01:16:49, February 28, 2008 CET | From | Christian Communist Party | To | Debating the Privatisation of the Railways |
| Message | Because at the moment all trains in the nation are owned by the government (which is out preferred position) whereas this bill introduces private rail providers. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 417 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 269 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "Under every stone lurks a politician." Aristophanes (450 BC - 388 BC), Thesmophoriazusae, 410 B.C |