POLICY MEASURES
Details When House Is In Session NO EARLIER STATEMENTS As already indicated in “The Dominion” there is no prospect of the Government disclosing details of its coming legislative measures until the Bills are introduced in the House of Representatives. It was made clear by the Prime Minister, Hon. M. J. .Savage, yesterday that no statements of a piecemeal nature regarding the Government’s financial proposals would Im made. Neither he nor the members of tlie Ministry intended to allow themselves to -be lost in a mist of rumours and denials, he said. Mr. Savage mentioned that he had no doubt that there would be a lot of guessing engaged in concerning features of the Government’s policy, and he added that no doubt some of the guesses would hit the mark and others would miss by a mile. “At any rate,” said Mr. Savage, “the Government will sec to it that when the times comes there will be no misunderstandings on the part of the public regarding what we intend to do. When Bills are introduced and explained—that is to the representatives of the people in Parliament —we will see to it that there is no room for any doubt as to what it is meant to accomplish. A full explanation of the provisions of the legislation will be given not only to the public of New Zealand, but also the public of Great Britain and elsewhere. We don’t want our objective to be misunderstood.”
After again saying that it was the intention of the Government to go right on to the end of its principal legislative programme, Mr. Savage stated that if sufficient progress was made with major Bills, Parliament might adjourn for a break of five or six weeks until routine matters were ready for consideration. “It all .depends on how rapidly we can get through our legislation,” he added. “If We pass that in reasonable time, I see no reason why we should not have a break, and assemble again to deal with the Budget and departmental reports, which will not be available when we meet.”
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 133, 29 February 1936, Page 10
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349POLICY MEASURES Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 133, 29 February 1936, Page 10
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