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Bill: D.d.l. 02/4269 Government Initiative for a greener Istalia
Details
Submitted by[?]: PRO - Cittadini Progressisti
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 4270
Description[?]:
| Honourable members of the Parliament, It is time to set our priorities straight again. No longer will the environment be the victim of never ending greed for money and wealth. With pride we present this initiative that will protect our nation's environment for years to come. Thank you, Nicola Azuritanno, Minister of Environment and Tourism Zaccheo Macaroni, Minister of Food and Agriculture |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Current: Local government is responsible for drinking water quality regulation.
Proposed: Local government is responsible for drinking water quality regulation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on animal welfare in livestock farming.
Old value:: The government enforces moderate animal welfare standards.
Current: The government enforces moderate animal welfare standards.
Proposed: The government enforces high animal welfare standards.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:18:23, September 08, 2017 CET | From | Hizb Altahaluf/Partito dell'Alleanza | To | Debating the D.d.l. 02/4269 Government Initiative for a greener Istalia |
| Message | We feel Istalia needs a national minimum standard for water quality, and for this reason we oppose simply devolving responsibility for water regulation to local government. We sympathise with those who want to see better animal welfare standards in farming. However, we question whether more regulation is the way to go, because the danger is it will push up food prices, and as we all know, that hurts the poorest the hardest. We feel it would be better to accomplish these goals through more public education and giving consumers more rights to know the details of how their food is sourced. Cultural change and consumer pressure are the forces most likely to improve the life of farm animals. Abdul El-Ghazzawi |
| Date | 18:04:45, September 08, 2017 CET | From | PRO - Cittadini Progressisti | To | Debating the D.d.l. 02/4269 Government Initiative for a greener Istalia |
| Message | Honourable members of the Parliament, Local responsibility for drinking water regulation is better than the current policy, since the local governments know best about their regional drinking water provisions and their abilities. Nationalising all this intel and then distributing it again to the local governments is a time consuming process that is anything but usefull. As concerned animal welfare, this proposed change does not have any norms regarding the use of expensive machines of special equipent for animal treatment. Those rules have already been included in the current law, which all Istalian farmers already meet, and we propose to enlarge the current legislation around it. Our proposal is to have the farmers use suffer-free sedatives for animals before their butchery. See, the current used sedatives are only for animals not to react aggressivly when isolated, but they still feel pain when being brought to death for butchering. The new proposed sedatives prevent such pain and ensure these animals can be brought asleep in a peacefull way. Furthermore, the sedatives are relativly cheap, but most farmers dont yet use it because it takes a little longer (5-7 minutes) to work. Thank you, Nicola Azuritanno, Minister of Environment and Tourism |
| Date | 10:07:23, September 09, 2017 CET | From | Partito Nazionale Democratico | To | Debating the D.d.l. 02/4269 Government Initiative for a greener Istalia |
| Message | Arno Massa, AI Speaker for Food and Agriculture, In a choice between us, humans, and them, animals, we will always choose the quality of life of humans over any animal. The voters now know that officially. Thank you. |
| Date | 17:00:49, September 11, 2017 CET | From | PRO - Cittadini Progressisti | To | Debating the D.d.l. 02/4269 Government Initiative for a greener Istalia |
| Message | It takes a lot of narrow-minded conservative thinking to believe fighting for animal rights is the same as choosing between humans and animals. Minister Azurittano |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 326 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 309 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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