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Bill: Libraries Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Progressive 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: February 2073
Description[?]:
| Recognising that centralised, highly regulated government leeds to unlimited beaurocracy and lacks democratic representation, we propose more power be given to government at a local level, and devolution occur. The libraries bill is a first step in this direction. This bill will mean that local governments are given funds BY the government to spend on libraries, but it is up to the local government to manage the funds, not central government which knows little about the educational needs of the area. Proposed: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Current: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Proposed: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:37:08, June 26, 2005 CET | From | Vuloch Ca Korzia | To | Debating the Libraries Bill |
| Message | This could leed to the embellezziling of funds and leeding to some area's being better funded than others. For example, Clennon might have a better libary than Kozaria. We do not see this as an acceptable change to the current system. |
| Date | 18:26:50, June 26, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Libraries Bill |
| Message | Eh, we simply prefer federal funding as opposed to local funding. |
| Date | 20:20:10, June 26, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Libraries Bill |
| Message | It is the same funding, still federal. What this does is give local power slightly more authority, and makes us a more democratic, accountable nation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 43 | ||||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 707 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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