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Bill: Child Labour
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Darwinist 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: January 2218
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:21:13, April 22, 2006 CET | From | Plaid Gyfreithiol Cymru | To | Debating the Child Labour |
| Message | We do not support this bill. Children work during the summer to earn additional pocket money, they learn valuable experience this way. Since we already have a compulsory education system until the age of 16 there is already no danger of any child forced to work full time. Where would our quaint sea side shops be without the paid help of local children during the summer months? Our tourist economy could not survive. |
| Date | 05:31:59, April 22, 2006 CET | From | Dranland Progressive Conservatives | To | Debating the Child Labour |
| Message | We believe that what this law forbids is child labour and doesn't discourage say, part-time jobs and the like. Rather, it disallows children to be used as a means of cheap labour, such as in factories on assembly lines and the like. This is why we continue to vote to ban child labour. |
| Date | 09:01:57, April 22, 2006 CET | From | Plaid Gyfreithiol Cymru | To | Debating the Child Labour |
| Message | This is a matter of interpretation. When we first cam accross the law years ago we interpreted it as you do. However there is nothing in the term "child labour" which means cheap labour in factories etc. Child Labour simply means children working, and to us that includes part time jobs. Preventing children from being used as cheap labour in unwelcoming workplaces such as a factory can be done through the additional regulations available under the present law. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 130 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 489 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 131 |
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