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Bill: Advertising Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Action 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: September 3288
Description[?]:
| Free our media from the shackles of government control! The moralistic busybodies in the bureaucracy have no place in dictating 'acceptable' standards for advertising. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Proposed: All advertising is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:31:08, April 13, 2012 CET | From | Catholic Political Union | To | Debating the Advertising Freedom Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, It is essential that advertisers follow the community's ethical codes. Do we want businesses going around telling lies? Do we want to throw good taste entirely out of the window? |
| Date | 02:59:40, April 14, 2012 CET | From | Democratic Action Party | To | Debating the Advertising Freedom Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The community's ethical codes can go hang: if people don't like certain advertising, they can vote with their money and refuse to buy the products. We won't stand for anyone in government to have the power to, say, prohibit an ad because it depicts a woman not 'in the kitchen where she belongs' and that offends a community's 'ethical standards.' Current policy can do no good, only ill. |
| Date | 12:24:09, April 16, 2012 CET | From | Catholic Political Union | To | Debating the Advertising Freedom Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, There have to be some ethical guidelines surrounding advertising...or would the DAP allow Coca Cola to advertise that their product is healthy for our teeth, or BP to advertise that using petrol is good for air quality? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 244 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 86 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 270 |
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