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Bill: Welfare Reform Act, 3911
Details
Submitted by[?]: Borgerlig-Demokratiske Union
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: March 3912
Description[?]:
| Mr Speaker, this bill incorporates the measures through which we intend to justify the cuts made in the department of Health and Social Services, which we insist must not come at the cost of a lower overall quality of our services, but rather as a result of a return towards a means-tested system of welfare which does not commit the folly of taxing the middle and upper classes at very high levels only to slip some of the money which was their own in the first place back to them through subsidies and benefits which they wouldn't require at all if we just let them keep more of their own income. In addition, we propose to transform the basic income system into a temporary support scheme only, as we believe that it is not a legitimate lifestyle option to refuse to take up a job while still reaping the benefits of other people's work. If weant a social safety net based on solidarity and fairness, then everyone will have to contribute their share and no one should be able to only claim benefits without paying anything in. Cecilia Hoyland Minister of Health and Social Services |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Current: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Proposed: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:29:16, September 23, 2015 CET | From | Folkepartiet (People's Party) | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Act, 3911 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Though we are amenable to measures that promote hard work over welfare, we are adamantly opposed to the curtailment of child benefit. The thing with family is that it is a universal value in our society: these values mean the same to us across classes and across the country, and therefore the value we place on it as a government should also be equal. Every family deserves the support of the state merely for being a family and making the costs all families make. That is not contingent on income whatsoever. Nelline Opland FP Leader |
| Date | 11:47:34, September 23, 2015 CET | From | Borgerlig-Demokratiske Union | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Act, 3911 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we also believe that the state should value children regardless of their social background, but we do not think that this must happen in monetary terms. Measures such as school choice, freedom of education and a favorable environment where family values are respected and cherished are much more important than that. We are not willing to send welfare cheques to rich families solely for the symbolism it entails. Cecilia Hoyland Minister of Health and Social Services |
| Date | 13:45:38, September 23, 2015 CET | From | Sivilisasjonspartiet | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Act, 3911 |
| Message | Herr Talman, Sivilisasjonspartiet cannot accept article 2. Every Kazulian man and woman should be entitled to the basic necessities in life. The SP however does however support article 1, for reasons stated in the bill. Harald Isterberg Welfare spokesperson |
| Date | 14:12:16, September 23, 2015 CET | From | Borgerlig-Demokratiske Union | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Act, 3911 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, these basic necessities can be easily obtained by a combination of work and generous, yet means-tested public assistance if only one is willing to make a little contribution of one's own. A permanent basic income without any further conditions is not necessary to guarantee a broadly decent standard of living in our opinion. However, if SP is unwilling to support this bill as a whole, we will introduce article 1 separately once the Storting has decided on this version. Cecilia Hoyland (FV) Minister of Health and Social Services |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 49 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 90 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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