POLITICAL NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20499, 18 March 1932, Page 10

POLITICAL NOTES.

[Fbom Our Parliamentary ItErqBTEB.] WELLINGTON, March 17. Business Programme. _ _ The Leader of the Opposition, Mr ii. E. Holland, asked the Rt. Hon. G. W. Horbes in the House to-day if he would indicate what was to be tho programme of business for the ncx week or so. Mr Forbes replied that it was proposed, after disposing of the 1 Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Bill, to take the Mortgagors and Tenants Relief Bill. It was ant cipated that the passage of this measure would occupy a day or w . House would then adjourn, possibly on Wednesday, for the Easter and would not resume until Tuesday, April sth, with tho object of enabling the Government in the meantime to have an opportunity to deal with the Economy Commission's report. . The Prime Minister reminded the House that this report had been supplied to Cabinet in the middle of the business of the session, and it wasiiow necessary to prepare such legislation s would arise out of it. He felt quite certain that by adopting that course it would be possible to shorten the length of tho session a good deal. Legislation would be necessary and once it had been during the vacation it would.be possible, the House resumed, to put it through with reasonable dispatch. He hoped able to conclude the session before the end of April. Mr W. J. Jordan (Lab., Manukau): Do you intend to adopt the recommendations of the Economy Commission? Mr Forbes: Some parts. Art Unions. A policy regarding art unions will shortly be considered by the Government. There is an opinion among some Ministers that the present method should not bo continued on account of the heavy administrative expenses. The present art union is the last of a long series of permits issued by the previous Government, and it is authoritatively suggested that a tightening up of the conditions under which permits are granted will be one of the first moves. The Minister indicated some time ago that it was intended ,to conduct an art union, for the unemployed this winter, but this will probably not be gone on with until the general policy of the Government has been determined, and the terms of new permits established. The Hon.. A. Hamilton says the question has not yet been raised, but .as all art unions up to the present had been permitted by the previous Government, the future policy would have to be considered.