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Bill: Agriculture Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationalen Freiheitliche Bund
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: April 3067
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Small farms are encouraged to merge together into larger ones.
Current: Farm size is not regulated.
Proposed: Farm size is not regulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Current: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Proposed: Local governments can establish fishing quotas
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Current: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Proposed: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Current: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Proposed: Chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:09:34, January 26, 2011 CET | From | . | To | Debating the Agriculture Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Banning GM food and pesticides would do a huge amount of damage to our agriculture industry. |
| Date | 14:19:18, January 26, 2011 CET | From | Enlightenment Party/Aufklärung Partei | To | Debating the Agriculture Act |
| Message | We only agree on Articles 1 and 2 |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 250 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to defend minorities." - Ayn Rand |