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Bill: Child Benefits and Security Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! 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: December 2970
Description[?]:
| Article 1: Child Benefit Accepting that people who choose to have children must accept responsibility for those children, whilst also accepting that during periods of hardship incomes may prevent those children from being supported as would be the ideal, the government will provide child benefit to those people designated as low income or poor. Child benefit will be determined by means testing of household incomes so as to guarantee that children are not penalised by low income households whilst helping to guarantee that State funds are not provided to those without need. Benefit provision will also fall by 10% per additional child past the second so as not to encourage people having children to provide their household incomes. Child benefit will last from birth until the child reaches the age of 18, where they become officially before the law, an adult. From age 16 total benefit drops by 15HCR per week. Maximum provisions age 0 - 16: 40HCR in food vouchers per week (provided by post). 30HCR in direct cash payment into parent/guardians bank account per week (to be determined by consultation with parent(s)/guardian(s)). Total income CB: 3640HCR per annum for first 2 children. Maximum provision age 16 - 18: 35HCR in food vouchers per week (provided by post). 20HCR in direct cash payment into parent/guardians bank account per week (to be determined by consultation with parent(s)/guardian(s)). Total income CB: 2860HCR per annum for first 2 children. Article 2: Adoption Regulation. Accepting that having, or adopting, children is a grave responsibility, whilst also accepting the risks to children that can occur within certain families should there not be adequate protections for them, the government will institute new guidelines (defined below) intended to increase the security of children whilst not removing the rights of parents. Accepting that children should, ideally, be brought up in stable homes with loving parent(s)/guardian(s), whilst also accepting that those children under the care of the government, due to situations beyond their control, also require security in any future life they may have with adopted parent(s)/guardian(s) the government will, henceforth and with immediate effect, tighten the regulations for applicants before they are accepted as being capable of being given children. These regulations will include: - Full background security checks by the Police; - Home visits by adoption workers before adoption of child and for up to 1 year after (visits may be extended past the arbitrary 1 year should any concerns be raised by either the child, parent(s)/guardian(s) or neighbours); - Examination(s) to determine suitability of applicant(s) including mental stability. Adoption applicants, so as not to abuse the Child Benefit System, will not receive the maximum benefits from welfare so as not to be able to use the child(ren) as a money making scam. They will, however, receive the amount minus 20% falling by 10% for each additional child (unless they already have children, in which case they receive benefit comparative to that received from their other children minus 15%). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is regulated by the government. Applicants can adopt after a routine check-up.
Current: Regulation is used to screen out only those with a previous history of child abuse.
Proposed: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state does not provide child benefit.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 208 | |
| no | Total Seats: 192 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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