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Bill: Culture Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sue's Corner
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: January 2990
Description[?]:
| Rolling back the State. Presented and written by the Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Culture, Sheila Florence. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: The state encourages and funds private efforts towards the protection of cultural and historical heritage.
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: The state does not undertake any action towards the protection of cultural and historical heritage.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Current: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Proposed: Books may only be obtained through private dealers.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning museum funding.
Old value:: The national government provides local governments with the funding to operate museums.
Current: The government leaves funding and operation of museums to local governments.
Proposed: The government does not fund or manage museums. This is left to the private sector.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:09:01, August 24, 2010 CET | From | Sue's Corner | To | Debating the Culture Bill |
| Message | It is important that we roll back the state. Low state, low statism, low government interfernece and more opporunities for the individual investment and for the private sector to create more jobs and strengthen our economy. Sheila Florence Shadow Education and Culture Secretary |
| Date | 18:14:46, August 24, 2010 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Culture Bill |
| Message | "The Unionist Bloc retain our commitment to allow local authorities management of these areas. It is important that the locally elected people have a say in the services in their area. Local authorities can recieve the funding to give books for all. You cannot put a price on knowledge, and all people in our society should have access to our literature. In a similar way, local people should be able to retain control of their own heritage via the funding of museums at a local level. Finally, on article 3, we feel it is a dramatic mistake to lose all protection of our heritage. History must be preserved and the Government, as an elected voice of the people, should continue to fund that for the bennefit of our children." Caroline Estenborough, Unionist Education Spokesman. |
| Date | 19:02:12, August 24, 2010 CET | From | Sue's Corner | To | Debating the Culture Bill |
| Message | Big state when they want one, but accuse others of statism when they don't. Hypocrities. Sheila Birdsworth Education and Culture |
| Date | 19:06:31, August 24, 2010 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Culture Bill |
| Message | "This isn't about the state. This is about our heritage and how much value we place on it and it's about making sure that everyone, the poor included, has access to Solentian literature. By funding these projects, we ensure that our history, heritage and literature are protected and preserved." Caroline Estenborough, Unionist Education Spokesman. |
| Date | 22:16:54, August 24, 2010 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Culture Bill |
| Message | We will not see our nations threasures thrown into the sewer over ideological posturing. Senator Phillpa Adams |
| Date | 22:17:09, August 24, 2010 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Culture Bill |
| Message | treasures, even |
| Date | 22:17:21, August 24, 2010 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Culture Bill |
| Message | nation's treasures, even! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 28 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 72 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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