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Bill: Whaling Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperial Alliance
Status[?]: passed
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 4052
Description[?]:
| Whaling has to be limited because whales are an endangered species, but we see no reason why a few catches should not be made each year for purely scientific purposes. Cosmo Adams Chairman of the Imperial Alliance |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on whaling.
Old value:: Whaling is illegal.
Current: Whaling is illegal.
Proposed: Commercial whaling is illegal, but whaling for scientific purposes is allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:08:17, June 30, 2016 CET | From | Beluzian Liberty and Freedom Party | To | Debating the Whaling Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, If the research requires the whales, would benefit the whales, and the catch number is sufficiently limited to being only a few catches per year, we do not have issue with this. -Hon. Sen. Pocock |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 404 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 346 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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