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Bill: Adoption Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Liberal Alliance
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 2076
Description[?]:
| Adoption should be allowed to give the many children currently in care the oportunity for a better life and to allow those who perhaps cannot have children to experience the joy of having a family. However, adoption of children must be regulated to ensure that the children are protected and only go to suitable homes. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is not regulated.
Current: Adoption is regulated by the government. Applicants can adopt after a routine check-up.
Proposed: Adoption is regulated by private, recognised organisations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:54:02, July 03, 2005 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | NB: Please note the word recognised in the proposal. This means that the charities and nother organisations would have to recieve government approval before they could deal with adoption and therefore there is government regulation of this (I.e. adoption is not being put completely in the hands of privatee companies or anything like that). I would have used direct government regulation but the option for that seems way too strict and beauracratic |
| Date | 19:22:37, July 03, 2005 CET | From |  Federation Under Crazy Killers -- United | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | yeah, sounds good |
| Date | 19:25:04, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Rationalist Party | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | No problems here |
| Date | 01:50:13, July 04, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | NO, adoption should be handled by the Government, not companies |
| Date | 23:18:45, July 04, 2005 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | It says organisations not companies. I.E. we would envisage NGOs and charities administering it |
| Date | 02:07:08, July 05, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | private = non government thats all i care about |
| Date | 09:17:00, July 05, 2005 CET | From | Telemon Lutheran Party | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | TCP is right, by handing over the right for private companies to give out children, this can become corrupted. If there is an option that the government can control adoption, I would vote for this. |
| Date | 09:17:56, July 05, 2005 CET | From | Telemon Lutheran Party | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | The government knows best in these circumstances. |
| Date | 05:43:01, July 07, 2005 CET | From | Federation Under Crazy Killers -- United | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | Organisations NOT companies |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 119 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 114 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "The worst thing the bad guys can do is force us to doubt the good ones." - Viria Agelasta, former Selucian politician |