MIGHT FINISH THIS WEEK.
When will the session end? As was inevitable, this question arose m the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon. The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. T. M. Wilford) asked the Prime Minister what other Bills he intended to take. Except for a long debate on the Arbitration Bill, the House had worked very well since resuming after the holidays. At least' two very long Bills had been disposed of. It was only fair that the Government should givt to the Opposition its programme. The Prime Minister agreed that a. great deal of work had been done during the session. It would probably be one of the most important sessions ever held. ; The Leader of the Opposition : "There: will certainly be a most bulky book." Mr. Massey : "Some very important legislation has been put through, and I hope and believe that it will be for the benefit of the country. During the last few'days Bills of a minor importance to the country generally, but of great importance to sections of the community, have been poiJring into the Government, with the request- that they should be dealt with this session."
Mr. Wilford.: "That will go on as long as you sit."
Mr. _ Massey said that there was one big Bill yet to come down.- It was a Finance Bill, containing a number of machinery clauses. The measure was needed by the Treasury, and it was essential that it should go through this session. A few clauses hadv still to be drafted. The Bill was not of a contentious nature. The Meat Pool Bill would be before the House later in the day, andi he did not think it would be long in passing through the House. The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Amendment Bill, a somewhat contentious measure, would be held over until.next session. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill had yet to be disposed of, and then there were the Supplementary Estimates. ,He had just signed the latter,, and tfiey were ready for presentation. The Tramways Amendment Bill would be read' a second time, and then dropped, in the hope that the parties affected would review the situation. "We should finish this week," he said, "but we can never tell." i
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1922, Page 7
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