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Bill: Telecoms Bill, 3830
Details
Submitted by[?]: Guglib Jeongchi Yeonhab
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: April 3831
Description[?]:
No Dankukin citizen should be expected to pay for his neighbour's private telephone calls. Jeong Jin Li |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Current: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 17:16:48, April 13, 2015 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Telecoms Bill, 3830 |
Message | Mr Speaker, telephone lines nowadays are not a particularly costly or scarce good, so we are confident that the private sector can provide them at a price that guarantees quasi-universal access. For this reason, we consider price controls unnecessary as accompanying measures of privatization, especially since they provide a negative incentive for entrepreneurs to start a business in a time still marked by economic uncertainty. YANG Sung-nam DUP Leader |
Date | 20:10:31, April 13, 2015 CET | From | Coalición | To | Debating the Telecoms Bill, 3830 |
Message | Mr. Speaker, This would be a step forward, but our ultimate goal should be free telephone calls for everyone. Communication is a basic necessity and should not be exploited by those who wish to make profit from everything they set their eyes on. Merfyn Jenkins, Co-leader (GP) |
Date | 00:43:29, April 14, 2015 CET | From | Guglib Jeongchi Yeonhab | To | Debating the Telecoms Bill, 3830 |
Message | Mr. Speaker, Whilst we support a private enterprise telecoms market, we insist there should be a price control regime, so as to prevent companies from exploiting local/regional monopoly power in order to exploit citizens for accessing what most of us would consider to be an essential service. Jeong Jin Li (chairman) |
Date | 12:23:20, April 14, 2015 CET | From | Coalición | To | Debating the Telecoms Bill, 3830 |
Message | (OOC: I misread the current law, oops.) |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||
yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
no |
Total Seats: 750 | ||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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