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Bill: National Communications Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Labour 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: June 2122
Description[?]:
| A national post office is necessary to provide postal services to all citizens. Prices of private delivery companies must be regulated to ensure reasonable service and pricing for less well-offf citizens. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office. Private post office agencies are allowed to exist, and the services provided by them are not regulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:30:56, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the National Communications Act |
| Message | No objection here |
| Date | 04:55:32, October 02, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the National Communications Act |
| Message | if we have a national post office, why do we need to regulate the private ones? |
| Date | 07:55:10, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the National Communications Act |
| Message | To prevent Malivias version of FeDex, or UPS from ripping off customers, or being careless with their deliveries. |
| Date | 01:31:42, October 03, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the National Communications Act |
| Message | if they are ripped off, why do they not use the post office? If one is ripping off the customers thy will switch to the other, if both are they will switch to the governmental version until a third comes into being. |
| Date | 21:29:22, October 03, 2005 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the National Communications Act |
| Message | Same thing as concerning energy. When you have large organizations providing a needed service trans-nation..you need to have regulations. Consider it 'interstate commerce'. And like all interstate commerce.. there needs to be regulations of some sort. Besides, not everyone is as smart as the PP to know when they are being ripped off, and need to switch to a different service, or even file a lawsuit. |
| Date | 01:00:59, October 04, 2005 CET | From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the National Communications Act |
| Message | Interstate commerce?? What states? And if you mean provinces, why should there be specific regulations for commerce between them? We do support regulation of postal services, though. People need to know their post will reach its intended destination, at the very least. |
| Date | 17:57:58, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the National Communications Act |
| Message | thus our national post office. Any private company that doesn't have good service will get wiped out. The vast majority (over 90%) of users are buisness to business shipments. No company will use a service that does not provide the service they are hired for. Regulations are not needed in this sphere. And we agree why do we need specific laws for shipments between provinces? |
| Date | 18:00:52, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the National Communications Act |
| Message | as for enegy the need is to build an infrastructure which reaches all citizens. It is not cost effective to reach the rural population, thus the need to have the government provide the infrastructure. In this case we have a national post office thus no need to ensure a secord, third or higher option. |
| Date | 20:34:33, October 06, 2005 CET | From | United Labour Party | To | Debating the National Communications Act |
| Message | The services of private post offices are regulated to ensure that they have an acceptable standard of service (eg. respecting the confidentiality of letters, providing adequate safety measures so confidential documents are not lost or stolen, making sure that prices are acceptable). |
| Date | 02:01:05, October 07, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the National Communications Act |
| Message | You are forcing regulation into a private industry which provides a service duplicated by a government agency. Should a company not deliver the service required (any of they points raised is not providing the service) people would not use it and switch to the government agency. Which we can assume, since it is held accountable to the people, provides this service in the manner indicated. |
| Date | 17:32:21, October 07, 2005 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the National Communications Act |
| Message | It is bad to make assumptions that government service always equals superb service. People should have a choice. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 79 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 21 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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