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Bill: Advertising Standards Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian Socialist Movement
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: April 2759
Description[?]:
| Big business should not be allowed to peddle lies or employ unethical techniques in its neverending bid to persuade people to buy things they don't really need. Money should not be the only driving force in determining what adverts are allowed on our televisions, in our newspapers and on our billboards. Standards of communal decency should come into it too. Simon Crossley (Leader of the Christian Socialist Movement) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: All advertising is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:21:39, May 17, 2009 CET | From | Strong Republic Party | To | Debating the Advertising Standards Act |
| Message | Please clearly define "standards". This also possibly relates to the Anti-Propaganda Act, so I suggest you put your two cents into it. |
| Date | 07:49:17, May 17, 2009 CET | From | Gluaiseacht Shaoráil DhaonlathachIt | To | Debating the Advertising Standards Act |
| Message | Opposed. Consumers will decide what they think about the way companies are advertising their products. |
| Date | 11:29:10, May 17, 2009 CET | From | Christian Socialist Movement | To | Debating the Advertising Standards Act |
| Message | As with other legislation, the government of the day will presumably be able to exercise some discretion in how the legislation is enforced, taking into account public opinion. However, this Bill is primarily targeted against adverts that are deliberately misleading, those that are grossly offensive on grounds of public decency, and those those that are considered to be of dubious ethic (I am thinking in particular of the aggressive way in which some products are marketed towards children, and rip-off lending or higher puchase schemes are marketed at the very people who can most ill-afford to take them out). I'm prepared to discuss the terms of the standards required by the Act in more detail, in the hope of winning political support for the Bill. Simon Crossley (Leader of the Christian Socialist Movement) |
| Date | 20:00:10, May 19, 2009 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the Advertising Standards Act |
| Message | We agree -- misleading and deceptive ads hurt the public, and help only the miscreants that profit from them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 298 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 273 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 146 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future." - Leonard Bernstein |