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Bill: Child Benefit Reform Act of 3152
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hutorian Conservative 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: January 3154
Description[?]:
| Bill to downscale Child Benefit payments in Hutori to target those who actually need it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:59:46, July 17, 2011 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Child Benefit Reform Act of 3152 |
| Message | Rt Hon Duke Townsend MP, Leader of the Opposition, Mr Speaker, i believe the status quo is a bit unreasonable. I think that there needs to be a targeting of child benefit rather than the state simply giving it away to every family. In the Lib Dems interests of social fairness do they think its fair that i recieve child benefit because of my four children? I would happily give it up due to my MP's salary and my previous salary as Prime Minister and i do alright as far as money goes. Mr Speaker, there defiantly needs to be a re-examination of the issue and i believe that this will fit into all parties beliefs on the issue - and for once, perhaps the first time ever - we could have a proper all party consensus on an issue. |
| Date | 22:55:49, July 18, 2011 CET | From |  Liberal Democrats | To | Debating the Child Benefit Reform Act of 3152 |
| Message | Rt Hon Hector James MP, Prime Minister. Mr Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition could give up the benefit if he doesn't want it. In fact I encourage people to do so if they can afford not to have it. I will support the proposal if there is genuine cross-party consensus on this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 354 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 37 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers." - Martin Luther King Jr. |