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Bill: Small Farmers Regulation Relief Act, 3917
Details
Submitted by[?]: Folkepartiet (People's 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: March 3918
Description[?]:
| AN ACT to reduce the regulatory burden on small farmers. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on animal welfare in livestock farming.
Old value:: The government enforces high animal welfare standards.
Current: The government enforces high animal welfare standards.
Proposed: The government enforces moderate animal welfare standards.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:46:23, October 05, 2015 CET | From |  Folkepartiet (People's Party) | To | Debating the Small Farmers Regulation Relief Act, 3917 |
| Message | Herr President, Let me first prevent accusations on behalf of my colleagues that I am some sort of animal-hater. I am not. I love animals and see it as my Hosian duty to care for them. I wouldn't have become a veterinarian otherwise. But let's think about this - isn't it true that many Kazulian farmers would not have become farmers either, had they not seen it as their duty to husband and care for them? I am not talking the big bio-corporations here, whose large scale may cause some doubts. I am talking the little folk, the small farmers, whose pastoral farms give livestock farming its quintessentially Kazulian feel. They may not have the money to build a new stable of the size bureaucrats in Skalm who've never seen a farm from the inside require - but I can guarantee you, they do care for their animals. If only we'd trust a farmer just like we'd trust a vet to care for their livestock as part of their job instead of imposing a raft of codified mistrust on them, we'd be doing a great deal to keep our small farming communities viable, promote truly biological farming and shield the little guy from the large-scale competition at the same time. I call upon Storting to simplify animal welfare regulations, and let our farmers do the rest. Lindar Reimarsson (FP - Agatha) Agriculture Spokesman (OOC: Yes Alain, Lindar is channeling Beat Gubler.) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 33 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 79 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 27 |
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