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Bill: Food, Drugs and Consumables Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unionist 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: August 4244
Description[?]:
| A bill to reform the laws surrounding consumables and for connected purposes |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, but consumed by anyone.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Current: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Proposed: Companies are encouraged by the government to label food and beverage products.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Current: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients.
Proposed: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: The government recommends food safety standards, but they are not enforced upon businesses.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Old value:: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Current: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Proposed: The legality of medicinal cannabis is established by local governments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco and only adults may purchase tobacco.
Current: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco and only adults may purchase tobacco.
Proposed: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco products but everyone is allowed to buy them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:45:39, July 17, 2017 CET | From |  Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Food, Drugs and Consumables Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, As a liberal democratic party that values centralised state, we cannot support this bill. |
| Date | 14:18:14, July 17, 2017 CET | From | Sons of the Republic Movement | To | Debating the Food, Drugs and Consumables Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we can not support any bill that allows sales of tobacco and alcohol to the underage. Moreover, we will not endanger general public by changing our food safety policy. Also, we see no reason we should suddenly change our marijuana policy. It's legal nationwide, it should remain legal nationwide. Christopher Whitehope, Prime Minister |
| Date | 14:34:34, July 17, 2017 CET | From | Unionist Party | To | Debating the Food, Drugs and Consumables Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Many here pretend they are liberal. They pretend that they want to give choice to the people to make their own decisions, they claim that they want greater freedom for all. Yet they never act on it. Today I propose a bill that will liberalise our economy, will liberalise our people and that will open our country up to the world for the better, by cutting away red tape and needless regulations. It is not for us to be saying what people can and can't do, it's for the people to decide that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 30 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 275 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 45 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
| Random quote: "Men who have greatness in them don't go in for politics." - Albert Camus |