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Bill: Free Science Deregulatory Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Freedom 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: February 2162
Description[?]:
| An Act to deregulate several regulations upon the scientific community, including cloning regulations and several provisions relating to GM-foods including the requirement to list GM-origins of a food product on the package.. Rutanian science advances at a rapid pace, and we feel that the law should adapt to reflect this practice |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Current: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients.
Proposed: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards the cloning of human beings.
Old value:: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Current: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: Research in cloning technologies is not regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:19:36, December 23, 2005 CET | From |  Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Free Science Deregulatory Act |
| Message | We hope for a resounding Freedom Coalition endorsement of this bill. |
| Date | 22:40:19, December 23, 2005 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Free Science Deregulatory Act |
| Message | Against article 1, the consumer has the right to know what it is consuming. Against article 2, genetic modification has not been conclusively proved to be safe, hence we should not allow the production and sale of GM crops, while stimulating research into it. And finally, staunchly opposed to article 3, all experts in the field of cloning technologies agree that current cloning technologies are not safe and are in no way ready to be applied on human beings. That is why we must have at least some form of regulation. |
| Date | 22:41:38, December 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Free Science Deregulatory Act |
| Message | Aye! Down with the philistines! |
| Date | 11:06:29, December 24, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Free Science Deregulatory Act |
| Message | The Freedom Party will support this. We actually prefer GM things to be disclosed but if consumers demand it, companies will do it Especially if there is a sizeable portion of the electorate that wont eat GM, companies will label their foods, GM FREE, to get them to buy it. And no RSDP, they will not lie, as that would be false advertising and damage their reputation |
| Date | 17:17:58, December 24, 2005 CET | From | Grand Republican Party | To | Debating the Free Science Deregulatory Act |
| Message | The GRP will support this bill, if a tad unwillingly. We would like products to list GM ingredients on the, but as there are no other viable options, we shall support these measures. |
| Date | 18:11:28, December 24, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Free Science Deregulatory Act |
| Message | Bhopal damaged the reputation of that company, but that did not prevent the disaster. Those assumptions, my "honourable" colleague, put the Rutanian people at mortal danger! |
| Date | 18:11:57, December 24, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Free Science Deregulatory Act |
| Message | "We would like products to list GM ingredients on the, but as there are no other viable options, we shall support these measures." Erm, that option IS available. ;-) |
| Date | 23:18:36, December 26, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Free Science Deregulatory Act |
| Message | Why should the freedom coalition vote for something when the RFP has abandoned us? We vote against in spite |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 272 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 327 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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