LEGISLATIVE PLAN

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 183, 1 May 1936, Page 10

LEGISLATIVE PLAN

Foundation of Labour Policy BUSY MONTH AHEAD Industrial and Transport Bills

A brief review of the legislative programme at present in front of the Government ami likely to be augmented during the next few days, was made by the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, In an interview yesterday. The Government still hoped to adjourn for a few weeks at the end of May, the Prime Minister said, but much would depend on the progress made with legislation which was regarded as urgent. “There are four or live Bill's which must become law before we can think of having a brief breathing space,” Mr. Savage added. “They include the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Bill, the Primary Products .Marketing Bill, the mortgage legislation which must follow it, and one or two Transport Bills.” The Prime Minister said he hoped the mortgage legislation would come before the House early next week. The Government was instituting a guaranteed price, and it was determined to have mortgage liabilities based ou that same price. Transport legislation was being prepared by the Minister of Transport, Hon. R. Semple, and the two major Bills in this regard were already in t<he hands of the law draftsman. The Bill providing for a reorganised system of transport control would have to be passed before the winter recess. Mr. Savage was uncertain when the Industry Establishment and Efficiency Bill would be introduced by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Hon. D. G. Sullivan. This Bill provides for the control and licensing of industry by the Government. Considerable importance was attached to the measure, Mr. Savage said. “We are trying to map out our legislative plans well in advance,” the Prime Minister said. “Once we have laid the foundation, which is provided for in the more important of our early Bills, we can go ahead with the superstructure of pensions and other social services. That superstructure can only rest on what New Zealand is capable of doing in the way of production.” In the lobbies it Is generally believed that the coming month will be one of constant Parliamentary activity. Although the Opposition is small in number, it showed during the passage of the Reserve Bank Bill that it was capable of voicing an effective protest. A long fight, is already promised on the Primary Products Marketing Bill. It is also freely predicted that the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Bill will have a stormy passage, particularly in the committee stages. There will probably be strong opposition, too, to the Factories Amendment Bill, which has been introduced but still awaits the opening of the second reading debate, and the Shops and Offices Amendment Bill, which Is due to appear in the House at an early date.