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Bill: Pesticides Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Citizen's League
Status[?]: defeated
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: January 2597
Description[?]:
To open up the market to more produce, but let people know what they're buying. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Current: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Proposed: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 00:25:21, June 24, 2008 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Pesticides Act |
Message | Mr Speaker, We'd prefer to see an outright ban on these witches potions, but consider this naming and shaming exercise to be the next best thing. |
Date | 00:39:15, June 24, 2008 CET | From | Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists | To | Debating the Pesticides Act |
Message | Mr Speaker, This legislation will liberalise pesticide use, removing any government control over what kind of pesticides farmers can use. Human health may be endangered. Arthur Smith (General Secretary of Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists) |
Date | 01:37:45, June 24, 2008 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Pesticides Act |
Message | Mr Speaker, On the contrary: we believe that this will give consumers – wives and mothers – the opportunity to buy food produce that is free from these witches potions. This is an opportunity that can be denied to them under the current legislation. |
Date | 02:08:55, June 24, 2008 CET | From | Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists | To | Debating the Pesticides Act |
Message | OOC: The legislative option strike me as a little confusing here. I'm presuming "The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use" means "The government determines which chemicals farmers can use and which ones they can't" whereas "Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops" means "Farmers can use whatever chemicals they want so long as they list them". I'm also presuming the issue over how food is labelled is dealt with in a separate legislative issue titled "Listing of controversial ingredients (if food labelling is applied)". |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 84 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 91 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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