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Bill: Decency on Television Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic 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: January 3428
Description[?]:
| More and more Dranish citizens are writing to me, asking for something to be done about all of the crude sex scenes on television at all times of the day. I am no puritan, but we need to take action about this.Children are seeing a lot of this stuff. Edward Montini MP (Minister of Education & Culture) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content may be shown all day long.
Current: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Proposed: Sexually explicit content may only be shown during hours that very few children watch. Nudity may be shown all day long.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:38:13, January 16, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Decency on Television Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, the state should stop playing everyone's governess. Parents are responsible enough to choose the right content to be watched by their children on TV, and since there is a wide range of channels focusing solely on children's series, there is no imminent risk of being confronted with sexually explicit content. Helena McMorris MP Member for Loren GNP education spokeswoman |
| Date | 18:46:23, January 16, 2013 CET | From | Radical Liberal Party of Dranland | To | Debating the Decency on Television Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker It is a miracle we fully support GNP's reason and commitment. Florence McCormick Leader of Greens Parliamentary,Candidate for Greens Chairman. |
| Date | 21:56:03, January 16, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Decency on Television Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, parents have the biggest role to play in the raising of children, but the wider society needs to bear its share of responsibility as well. Dranish mothers and fathers are writing to me, complaining about explicit sex being on the television even during the morning, afternoon and early evening. They are feeling, more and more, that powerful forces in our culture are hindering them in their efforts to raise their children in the right way. Edward Montini MP (Minister for Education & Culture) |
| Date | 22:43:31, January 16, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Decency on Television Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, if Dranland was a country where everyone could resolve his problems by banning elements of public life that do not comply with their views, our Republic would be taken down the slope to authoritarianism. Helena McMorris MP Member for Loren GNP education spokeswoman |
| Date | 23:16:05, January 16, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Decency on Television Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, there is rather a big difference from stopping sex being shown on television at 4pm in the afternoon and instituting authoritarianism. Is the GNP so enamoured with big business that it has lost sight of protecting our children? Edward Montini MP (Minister for Education & Culture) |
| Date | 00:13:31, January 17, 2013 CET | From | Popular Party | To | Debating the Decency on Television Act |
| Message | Madam speaker, Does the former epmjnister for education and culture seriously think that parents are so stupid as to be unable to control their childrens' television viewing? Why should the givernment dictate to people what kinds of programmes they may watch and at what times. Perhaps the government shoukd pre-vet every programme before it is broadcast, as our citizens are obviously too stupid to decide for themselves what to watch. Mariano Delgado MP Prime Minister of Dranland |
| Date | 00:52:49, January 17, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Decency on Television Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, of course parents have a role to play in supervising what children watch. We are arguing that the television channels also have a role to play in making sure children do not access inappropriate material. Confining sexually explicit material to late evening slots would be a big help. Madam Speaker, I am disappointed that the Prime Minister is not more concerned about the increasing sexualisation of children for the private profit of the entertainment industry. Once again, we see that the DSP is on the side of ordinary families, whilst the conservative parties only want to make life more dfficult for them. Edward Montini (DSP spokesman) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 153 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 198 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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