Long Easter Vacation for Parliament

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6811, 18 March 1932, Page 7

Long Easter Vacation for Parliament

PREPARING ECONOMY LEGISLATION Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. In the House of Representatives today the loader of the Opposition asked Et. Hon. G. W. Forbes if he would indicate what was to be the programme or business for the next week or so. Mr. Forbes replied that it was proposed, after disposing of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amend ment Bill, to take tho Mortgagors and Tenants Relief Bill. It was anticipated that tho passage of this measure would occupy a day or two. Tho House would then adjourn, possibly on Wednesday, for tho Easter vacation, and would not resume until Tuesday, April 5, with the object of enabling the Government in the meantime to have an opportunity to deal with the Economy Commission’s report. The Prime Minister reminded the House that this report had been supplied to Cabinet in the middle of tho business of the session, and it was now necbSsary to prepare such legislation as would arise out of it. He felt quite" certain that by adopting that course it would be possible to shorten the length of tho session. A good deal of legislation would bo necessary, and once it had been prepared during the vacation it would bo possible when the House resumed to put it through with reasonable dispatch. He hoped to be able to'- conclude the session before tho”’end of April. It was probable that the Unemployment Bill would be brought down before the Easter vacation,. ■ Mr. J. W. Jordan: Do you intend to adopt the recommendations of the Economy Commission? Mr. Forbes: Some parts.