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Bill: Increasing Devolution
Details
Submitted by[?]: Selucian Party of Social Democrats
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: February 2641
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased and consumed anywhere, but only by adults.
Current: Alcoholic beverages are regulated by local governments.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages are regulated by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Current: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Proposed: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Current: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Proposed: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:58:55, September 22, 2008 CET | From | Selucian Home and Hearth | To | Debating the Increasing Devolution |
| Message | We disagree with Article 1, but it's not a major point for us; we agree with Article 2 more strongly, so we would be willing to compromise and vote yes on just those two. But we disagree with Article 3 strongly, so we can't vote yes on this bill as it stands. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 141 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 359 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "How we can possibly be giving £1bn a month, when we're in this sort of debt, to Bongo Bongo Land is completely beyond me." - Godfrey Bloom |