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Bill: Agricultural Policy, 2695
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hessexian Arab Royalists
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: May 2696
Description[?]:
| For a better agricultural policy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Proposed: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size is not regulated.
Current: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Proposed: Small farms are encouraged to merge together into larger ones.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: Chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are banned.
Current: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Proposed: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:56:23, January 13, 2009 CET | From | Hessexian Arab Royalists | To | Debating the Agricultural Policy, 2695 |
| Message | Article 3 simply states that small farms are "encouraged" to merge, not that they have to. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 179 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 403 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
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| Random quote: "Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry." - Winston Churchill |