' WORK OF SESSION

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 85, 7 October 1936, Page 12

' WORK OF SESSION

—'—:—♦" "~~ PLENTY TO DO YET GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMME Though there is nothing of a very contentious nature involved in the Government's legislative programme for. the remainder of the session, a failamount of work remains to be done before the House adjourns for the recess at the end of this month. A tentative list of the Bills which it is hoped to introduce before the end of the. session was submitted to a Government xaucus this morning by the Prime. Minister, (the. Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage), who; warned, the members; of his party that it would, probably be necessary, to holdiMonday; sittings of the House before long. ■ In an ■interview, after the caucus had concluded, >Mr. Savage repeated . that it was his aim that .the House, should complete its .work by,the end of this month, and Bills which were not ready by that time ■or /which. proved unduly contentious might have to be held over,. He said that the House would not be asked to sit next Monday,' but probably there would be sittings oh either the following Saturday or Monday, or both days. Much would depend on whether the Law Draftsman was able.to have the legislation ready in time. - . . The Prime Minister said that another Finance Bill' containing clauses dealing with a variety of subjects would be introduced today, and the Appropriation Bill and the Supplementary Estimates would be brought down this week before the departure of the Hon. W. Nash on his trip to the Old Country. Other Bills which it was hoped to bring down in the next few days were the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill, Local Legislation Bill, and the Statutes Amendment Hill. These were Bills of the "washing-up" type, containing odds and ends of clauses. Looking at a list which he had in his hand the Prime Minister remarked that it included the following Bills:— Workers' Compensation Amendment. Education Amendment,* dealing, among other-things, with the admission of the five-year-old children.. Agricultural Emergency. Powers Regulations Confirmation. ■ Wool Levy. Auckland Harbour Board Agreement, dealing with an agreement between the Auckland Harbour Board and the Navy.: Geneva Red Cross Convention. v Native Affairs (washing-up). Coal Mines Amendment. The Local Body Reform Bill, he said, would be introduced and referred to the Local Bills Committee for consideration, but would not be passed this session. Asked whether it was,intended to pass the Industrial Efficiency Bill before the House rose, Mr. Savage said that that would depend on the amount of opposition to the measure. . He could not say at present just what would be done. . • The Government Bills, at present on the-Order Paper are as follows: — Industrial Efficiency. ■ Railways Authorisation. Main Highways Amendment. Judicial Reports. ■ War. Regulations Repeal. . ' j