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Bill: Legal Aid Adjustment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Les Nouveaux Démocrates
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: May 5239
Description[?]:
| We must recognise that it is too costly to continue to pay for universal public defenders. HRM Government would not like to see our poorest citizens high and dry however. Théo Marechal Minister of Defence |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Current: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Proposed: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 476 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 24 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Capitalism is what people do if you leave them alone" - Kenneth Minogue |