BOARD OF TRADE PRESIDENT
REMARKABLE SITUATION. (British Official Wireless.) Received April 22, 11 a.m. RUGBY, April 21. In the House of Lords, Lord Hailsham mentioned what he described as a very remarkable situation. A very ingenious lawyer, ho said, had discovered that no President of the Board of Trade could sit in the House of Commons, and that if ho did he was disqualified for every day he sat. ''l think every President of the Board of Trade has always sat in the House of Commons for many years past," added Lord Hailsham. "In these days of financial stringency it is tempting to think how many million pounds could be collected in penalties from those who have held the position in the past." It would be necessary to pass a Bdl to indemnify those who had offended and regularise the position. The At-torney-General would to-morrow introduce a Bill and pass it through all stages in the House of Commons. A similar course would be taken in the House of Lords on Monday, thus enabling the President of the Board of Trade, Mr \V. Bunciman, to participate .in next week's House of Commons debates.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 121, 22 April 1932, Page 8
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