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Bill: GP Health Deregulation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gnazenal Phr'unt
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: June 2263
Description[?]:
| Allows good to be cheaper, and companies to employ more people. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
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, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Proposed: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
Scope of food ingredient labeling (if present).
Old value:: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Current: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Proposed: Only the major ingredients need to be listed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:52:24, July 29, 2006 CET | From | Black People's Party | To | Debating the GP Health Deregulation Bill |
| Message | I can't support this bill. |
| Date | 01:23:52, July 30, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the GP Health Deregulation Bill |
| Message | how does that make food cheaper exactly? and who wants cheap, unhealthy food anyways? |
| Date | 04:56:57, July 30, 2006 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the GP Health Deregulation Bill |
| Message | My company wants to put rat hairs and strychnine in our baby food. But only a little bit. That's OK, right? |
| Date | 18:57:35, July 31, 2006 CET | From | Gnazenal Phr'unt | To | Debating the GP Health Deregulation Bill |
| Message | ELP, because packaging, and the labelling, makes up a large part of the final cost of a product. CCF, of course that is fine, but how long would that company last? |
| Date | 21:20:46, July 31, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the GP Health Deregulation Bill |
| Message | Fairly long because nobody would know BEACAUSE THE INGREDIENTS AREN'T LISTED ANYWHERE |
| Date | 12:08:32, August 01, 2006 CET | From | Gnazenal Phr'unt | To | Debating the GP Health Deregulation Bill |
| Message | Do the leaders of the ELP cook and eat with their eyes shut? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 222 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 479 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| 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: "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." - Winston Churchill |