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Bill: Questions to the 3rd Torvellian Ministry
Details
Submitted by[?]: Coalition for National Unity [CNU]
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 3281
Description[?]:
| ooc: an open forum for questions to be addressed to the Head of the Government. One question per player at a time, keep it short and to the point, avoid rebuttle in this thread (though feel free to rebuttle outside of this place). Please respect these rules for realism purposes. A test to see if this works. Once the Parliament is over, it shall be sent to vote to archive. IC: Speaker of the House: "Order! Order! Questions to the Magrave! The Member for Nukeya." Nukeyan: "Question number 1, Mr. Speaker." Lord Torvellian: "Mr. Speaker, I am sure that all members of the House will join with me in paying tribute to those who have laid down their lives for the service of their country since we last met. Mr. Speaker, this morning I have had meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today." QUESTIONS MAY NOW BE POSED. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:39:46, March 20, 2012 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Questions to the 3rd Torvellian Ministry |
| Message | Dr. Anthony Benjamin, CR. "Mr. Speaker, earlier this month the Magrave made a statement saying that good Government is about more than models and structures, focusing on principle. Today we have seen him put forward proposals to the House that would change the titles of some of our institutions without alterations to their powers. Does he still believe in good government?" |
| Date | 19:42:36, March 20, 2012 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Questions to the 3rd Torvellian Ministry |
| Message | Lord Torvellian "Mr. Speaker, I thank my right honourable friend for his question. This Government continues to believe in strong, stable governance and that is what we are providing. By working in a polypartisan cabinet coalition, by debating the most important issues in the House, by taking a lead on transparency by hosting these question times, we are the Party of good governance and on the issue of the proposals I shall say this to him; a Unionist-led administration is an administration for all Solentians and we believe that the proposals we have put forward to the House reflect the delicate political balance of this country and the political atomosphere of a polypartisan nation." |
| Date | 20:11:46, March 20, 2012 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Questions to the 3rd Torvellian Ministry |
| Message | "Lord Torvellian, Amidst all the larger conversations on governmental structure, there has been a fair amount of give and take on healthcare. What is the current government's opinion as to the future structure, if any, of the Kingdom's public health services." Roderick Greene, CR |
| Date | 22:03:35, March 20, 2012 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Questions to the 3rd Torvellian Ministry |
| Message | "Mr. Speaker, I thank the honourable member for his question. Healthcare is an issue that the Government reviews periodically according to patient need, wealth distribution and demand. At this point, it is the official position of the Government that Healthcare ought to have a strong element of competition in order to reduce the burden on the taxpayer. There are discussions ongoing about whether the national element should in the form of a state service or in subsidy but the priority for us is on those principles of guarenteeing provision for low-income families and putting basic free market principles at the heart of a compassionate Solentian health system." -Lord Torvellian |
| Date | 00:08:55, March 21, 2012 CET | From | Positive Progression Party | To | Debating the Questions to the 3rd Torvellian Ministry |
| Message | "Lord Torvellian, Recently, the question of the removal of monarchy in our nation has come up in the Senate. While discussing this, your party declared that with all the reform movements, now is not the time to restructure our government, we completely agree. Our question bounces off of a recent 2406 Party statement describing the Solentian situation as such, 'The Crowns are the only true monarchists in Solentia. The Unionists work in government with the monarchists but they are not monarchists at heart; they are pragmatists, working for the betterment of Solentia under whatever system proves popular at the time'. How accurate is the 2406 Party's statement? Should a peaceful time in Solentia come when the chance to restructure our government is ripe, would the Unionists prefer to restructure our government to a less monarchic form?" Richard Huang Renewal Party Spokesman |
| Date | 00:22:31, March 21, 2012 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Questions to the 3rd Torvellian Ministry |
| Message | "Mr. Speaker, This debate has taken up much valuable time in our legislature over recent years and I have to say that I am surprised. There are much bigger issues to be discussing and debating than the structure of our Government. The Unionist position on this is a matter for Unionist Party statements. These questions for the head of government in that capacity. In that capacity, I tell the honourable gentleman that the priorities of this Government are on economic growth, provision for low income families, development of our urban areas, creating a sustainable low-carbon economy and democratic enrichment." -Lord Torvellian |
| Date | 00:47:28, March 21, 2012 CET | From | Positive Progression Party | To | Debating the Questions to the 3rd Torvellian Ministry |
| Message | "So, in short, the Unionists are straddling the issue and prefer not to comment on their platform?" Unter Chris Author of a Renewal Party Editorial |
| Date | 00:55:52, March 21, 2012 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Questions to the 3rd Torvellian Ministry |
| Message | "The Unionists, Mr. Speaker, are a party of strong legislative substance that stretches well beyond matters of simple government structure and bureaucracy. This Government is one of robust policy and innovative governance. We have focused our efforts on moving the national debate from "reform" to "perform" and that is something that we shall continue to do. Our platform has been layed out time and time again; there shall be no end to the structure of the Head of State until there is strong public support for it and it dominates the public agenda. Until then; we govern." - Lord Torvellian |
| Date | 02:26:07, March 29, 2012 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Questions to the 3rd Torvellian Ministry |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 215 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 120 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 90 |
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