TO SPEEDUP
PARLIAMENT'S WORK
SITTINGS ON MONDAYS
Parliament is to speed up. In order tHat its legislative programme for this part of the session may be completed by early in December, the House of Representatives is to sit an extra day. each week, probably starting on No- : vember 15.
The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon M. J. Savage) stated today that the House would have to work on Mondays in order to get through in reasonable time. It was not definite, but he thought it was' more than likely that he would require it to do this from Monday week. Mr. Savage hopes to adjourn the House for the summer recess on December 10, and anticipates that it will be summoned early in February in order to deal with national superannuation and health legislation, and also amendments to the land and income tax regulations.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 111, 6 November 1937, Page 10
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144TO SPEEDUP Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 111, 6 November 1937, Page 10
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