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Bill: Infrastructure Privatisation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Regionalist Coalition
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 4064
Description[?]:
| An Act to place parts of publicly owned Beluzian infrastructure into private ownership, introducing competitive market forces to these services. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: All power stations are publicly owned.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on airports.
Old value:: The government has some involvement in the ownership and operation of airports, but leaves a role for the private sector too.
Current: The government owns and operates all airports.
Proposed: The government leaves airports entirely to the private sector.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Current: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Proposed: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:02:34, July 22, 2016 CET | From | Regionalist Coalition | To | Debating the Infrastructure Privatisation Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, We, the New Liberal Party, believe that good infrastructure is key to a growing, thriving, vibrant economy. And we also believe that Beluzia should have the very best infrastructure possible. That is why we believe privatising infrastructure is the right way forward for Beluzia. Free market forces will allow many companies to compete to provide the best service at the most competitive price, only those who succeed will survive. Publicly owned infrastructure is uncompetitive, and has no force driving workers and managers to strive to provide the best service possible. By privatising where possible, we can ensure Free Market forces deliver the best for Beluzia. As per the proposals of this Bill, private Airports will compete to land the most flights, private Power Stations will compete to provide the most reliable power supply, private post offices will compete to deliver the most parcels and letters safe and sound and private TOCs will compete to run closest to schedule - with all competing to do this at the keenest prices. This will herald a golden age for Beluzian infrastructure - cheaper, faster and sleeker than ever before! This will be better for industry, better for jobs and (most importantly) better for all the Beluzians who use these services every day. Madam Speaker, I urge this Senate; do not pass up this opportunity to bring Beluzia, from the railways to the airways, speeding into the 41st century! Sen. Isabel Minford Infrastructure and Transport Spokesperson, New Liberal Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 209 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 541 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems, the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behaviour and religion." - John Maynard Keynes |