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Bill: Government Devolution Programme 2134
Details
Submitted by[?]: Anti-Particracy and Unionist 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 2135
Description[?]:
The essence of democracy is the closeness of the everyday people to the governmental process. We must give more power to local governments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Current: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Proposed: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Current: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Proposed: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 10:59:53, November 02, 2005 CET | From | Anti-Particracy and Unionist Party | To | Debating the Government Devolution Programme 2134 |
Message | I understand that Article 3 in particular may cause some problems, however, I deign to assume that at least most of us are against the striking of cheeky children. Think to your friends, family and other acquaintances. Some will not hit at all, some will smack the bottom when a young child is particularly naughty, but most will not stoop to outright violence. We should give the democratic local governments the right to decide what we already know, for themselves. The morality of physical discipline is not a problem, in my opinion, but the morality of not letting the people decide that, is. |
Date | 11:02:55, November 02, 2005 CET | From | Anti-Particracy and Unionist Party | To | Debating the Government Devolution Programme 2134 |
Message | Also, Article 1: Those sites in the vast majority of cases, are of local interest, such as castles, old parks, historic monuments to heroes of the past... The people will keep them democratically, because they are of interest to that particular population. If they have no interest in it, why should they be required to spend their tax on it? |
Date | 14:19:55, November 02, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Government Devolution Programme 2134 |
Message | I am voting nay due to article 3. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 284 | |||||
no | Total Seats: 73 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 44 |
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