FATE OF STEEL BILL
POSTPONEMENT PROPOSAL
CABINET CONSIDERATION Y f ' (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright). (Rec. 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 11. . The Prime Minister, Mr C. R. Attlee, has summoned a Cabinet meeting for Monday, to decide whether the operation of steel nationalisation can be postponed until after the general election.
The House of Lordei has set down amendments to the Steel Bill, proposing that it should not come into force before next October. It is believed that Conservative peers would drop all further opposition to steel nationalisation, if the Government agreed to defer the operating date. The significance of such a move would be that, If the Conservatives won the ' election, they could carry out their vow to scrap the Bill and leave the industry in .private hands. Some members of the Government favour making such a deal with the Lorde, on the ground that, with the Steel Bill dispute settled, Labour would be fully prepared for a general election by February .at the latest. , The Lords amendment comes before the House of Commons next week.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 28, 12 November 1949, Page 5
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