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Bill: Adoption Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Party
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: May 3063
Description[?]:
| We believe the current law is regressive and discriminatory. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning who can proceed with adoption; in case adoption is legal.
Old value:: Only couples may adopt children.
Current: Everyone may adopt children.
Proposed: Everyone may adopt children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:34:43, January 18, 2011 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | Rt Hon Marcus Aston MP, Leader of the Liberal Party Mr Speaker, there is no reason why a child cannot be bought up adequately by a single parent. As long as that parent has the support of their family and friends, a child can be brought up to be as normal as anyone else. |
| Date | 14:42:41, January 18, 2011 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | Rt Hon Viscount Holding MP, Conservative Party Leader, Mr Speaker, while we on the Conservative benches are largely in favour of civil liberties and passing this Act would be a large victory for civil liberties we are struggling to come around to voting yes to this Bill. Mr Speaker, in our minds there cannot be any "maybes" or "so long as" whenever it comes to the Hutorian adoption system. We must make sure that the child in question is placed into a home and a family environment. Undoubtedly there are single people who could raise adopted children but we feel as though this is maybe one bridge too far for the Hutorian adoption system. Our main focus here should be the children - not the adoptive parents. This party believes in children going into a family and not a single household. So on those grounds Mr Speaker, we oppose this Bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 62 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 228 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 101 |
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| Random quote: "The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes." - Winston Churchill |