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Bill: Defence Industry Bill 4748
Details
Submitted by[?]: Alliance Party
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: November 4748
Description[?]:
| The Alliance suspects that some parties - with perfectly respectable support from a proportion of the electorate - would prefer the defence industry to be publicly owned, and the Alliance has some sympathy for that point of view. However, the current operation appears to work well, so there is no intention to fix what is not broken. This Bill does propose, though, that there is scope to consider subsidising this highly important sector. With additional funding, the defence industry can develop ever more efficient kit, equipment and weaponry. With more "bangs for our bucks" this in turn could actually lead to a justified decrease in the overall defence budget - possibly as quickly as during the next parliamentary session. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:57:03, April 29, 2020 CET | From | The Peacekeepers Faction | To | Debating the Defence Industry Bill 4748 |
| Message | We do not agree that subsidising any particular industry is in the taxpayers interest. The Government should be funding our own military more so. The only money to exchange hand with the private industry is in time when we need to purchase equipment from said companies itself. If you were to increase military spending instead, with certain difference in regulation; we might consider supporting that instead. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 156 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 191 |
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