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Bill: DNA Database (Abolition) Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
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: May 2937
Description[?]:
| This Act will abolish the practice of collecting and recording the DNA of every single citizen. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: All citizens' DNA is recorded.
Current: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Proposed: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:38:50, May 11, 2010 CET | From |  Conservative Alternative | To | Debating the DNA Database (Abolition) Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker HB won't support this bill because if there is all citizens' DNA is recorded it will be easier to find criminals. |
| Date | 15:24:21, May 11, 2010 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the DNA Database (Abolition) Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We agree to this bill, an innocent citizen should not be finding themselves on a national list with their most private information on it. We have passed 1984, |
| Date | 23:31:03, May 11, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the DNA Database (Abolition) Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, this Act would shorten the judicial process by a considerable margin. We would be able to detect all people at crime sites etc. This proposed system would not allow us to detect first-time offenders! |
| Date | 10:00:39, May 12, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the DNA Database (Abolition) Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, it is only very recently that we had this DNA database. Up until that point the criminal detection process worked extremely well, if not better. In fact, the existence of this database has led to shabby police work which does not investigate properly. Furthermore, Mr Speaker, DNA does not provide 100% proof, and can damage lives, families and careers if an individual is wrongly accused. Mr Speaker, the balance between liberty and security must be right, and the status quo is an unnecessary infringement of liberty without offering decent levels of security. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 263 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 120 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 8 |
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