WORK OF SESSION

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 76, 26 September 1940, Page 10

WORK OF SESSION

EXPECTED LEGISLATION

Though there are still a number, of Bills requiring consideration, it is not expected that the sessfon of Parliament which resumes on Tuesday next after a month's adjournment will last very long.

Measures that will possibly be introduced include an Excess Profits Tax Bill, a Native Purposes Bill, a Small Farms Amendment Bill, dealing with the settlement of discharged soldiers on the land; an Orchard and Garden Diseases Amendment Bill, which deals with citrus canker and extends various powers; a Termites Bill, which contains provisions relating to the control of the white ant pest; and a Shops and Offices Amendment Bill, which will include the clause authorising the Court of Arbitration to fix the opening and closing hours of shops and which was withdrawn from the Statutes Amendment Bill when the legislation was before the House in August. A statement that this would be done was made by the Prime Minister at the time the clause was withdrawn.

The question of pensions for members of the Mercantile Marine who suffer war disability and their dependants will also probably be the subject of legislation. It is expected that this will be similar to that which at present applies to the members of the armed forces and their dependants. An Agricultural Emergency Regulations Comfirrnation Bill, which simply confirms regulations made under the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, will also probably be introduced, and the Insurance Companies Bill, which has been before the Statutes Revision Committee for some time, may be reported back from the committee and proceeded with.