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Bill: Business Operations Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! 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: February 2288
Description[?]:
| Section 1: Accepting that the Public sector can provide efficient and reliable public services, whilst also accepting that the lure of increasing profitablity and improvements in price and quality engendered through private competition can, in those areas that are not reliant on a purely non-profitable service provision, improve the goods purchased by the public, the Government will allow private investment and operation in all areas of business that are not directly required as part of essential public services. Business sectors to remain under the control of the Public Sector to include: Public Transportation (including national and local rail networks and services, local and national bus and coach services, and national and international airlines. Private business will be allowed to operate small scale private hire bus services and Taxi services); Public utilities (including water supplies, electricity provision, through the National Grid, and gas supplies); Primary medical care facilities; Essential Public Services (including Police, Fire, and Ambulance services as well as sea and land rescue services). The private sector will be allowed to compete primarily in production, retail and banking sectors where its ability to operate flexibly and quickly to changing economic conditions will provide the best provision to the public. These industries will, however, continue to have specific regulations imposed on them where necessary in order to maintain quality of product. Section 3: In order to stimulate the growth of the energy sector direct to consumers, limited competition will be allowed to operate within the sector. These companies will provide energy directly to the consumer at competitive prices, though these prices will be monitored at all times (through the Office of Fair Trading henceforth referred to as OFT) in order to guarantee service to price consistency. Any discrepency will be investigated by the OFT and action taken accordingly. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Current: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Proposed: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:04:16, September 19, 2006 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Business Operations Act |
| Message | We can accept paragraph 3 but not the first two. |
| Date | 08:59:22, September 20, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Business Operations Act |
| Message | Paragraph or article, sadly the proposals ended up not matching with the bill paragraphs... bugger! |
| Date | 12:17:18, September 20, 2006 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Business Operations Act |
| Message | We will accept to stand down with regards to DWCs. (article 3). We do not support article 1 and 2. |
| Date | 10:25:10, September 22, 2006 CET | From | HSP (Hobrazian Socialist Party) | To | Debating the Business Operations Act |
| Message | I must oppose all of these changes. I call on all parties - especially the Left Communist Party and Christian Socialist party to urgently oppose the bill. This is one of the most, if not the most important issue we will vote on in a long time. |
| Date | 14:26:05, September 22, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Business Operations Act |
| Message | This is, as the HSP has pointed out, one of the most important issues to vote on. With this change we allow competition and freedom of choice to our citizens, whilst guaranteeing that vital public services are continued to be operated by the public sector so that those things that are required are provided. With this bill we gain the best of both worlds whilst also allowing the public sector to increase its expenditure in those areas that are of national importance, like transport, energy, health, education, rescue services, et al, rather than a biscuit factory. |
| Date | 07:06:23, September 23, 2006 CET | From | HSP (Hobrazian Socialist Party) | To | Debating the Business Operations Act |
| Message | Operating national industries will allow the citizens to reap the rewards of their work - rather than have it concentrated in the hands of a few. The biscuit factory presumably makes rather than loses money. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 240 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 160 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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