RESUMING SESSION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21399, 25 January 1933, Page 10

RESUMING SESSION

PARLIAMENT TO-MORROW

NEW BILLS NEXT WEEK RESERVE bank proposals MONTH'S WORK ESTIMATED [BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON, Tuesday When the Parliamentary session is resumed on Thursday after an adjournment of seven weeks, tribute will be paid to the memory of two former members, Mr. H. L. Tapley and Mr. J. Horn, whose deaths occurred recently. Mr. Tapley formerly represented Dunedin North and Mr. Horn, Wakatipu, an electorate the identity of which has since been merged with Otago Central. The House will then adjourn "until the evening. The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, hopes to give a general outline of the Government's policy when the House resumes in the evening. There are many bills on the Order Paper, but itis expected that a large percentage will be held over until next session. It is not likely that any Government measures arising out of the new policy proposals will appear until next week, -when a bill indemnifying the banks against loss through the operation of the higher exchange rate is expected to be introduced. Labour Party's Attitude Mr. Forbes said that the Reserve Bank Bill which was read a first time on the eve of the adjournment, would probably be proceeded with in the meantime. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. H. E. Holland, is expected to arrive from Westport to-morrow morning. A Labour caucus will bo held on Thursday, and it is anticipated that the Opposition will take the first opportunity of launching a no-confidence motion in view of the Government's revised policy. Mr. Forbes anticipates that the session will conclude by the end of February. That view seems reasonable, particularly as farmer-members have now been conceded the high exchange rate policy for which they have been clamouring for the past two months. Their mam anxiety now will be to despatch the remaining business of the session without undue delay. The Following Session Mr. Forbes mentioned the possibility of the following session being convened for a date in July or August instead of the normal time, namely, the last week in June. He said recent experience had shown that the later date had certain advantages. Under the old system it was usually necessary to wait for a month after the House met for the presentation of the national accounts for the preceding year. By meeting later, the House could proceed more expeditiously to real business and should be able to conclude by about the normal time. Mr. K. J. Holyoake, the youngest member of Parliament, -who won the Motueka by-election just before the House adjourned last month, was cordially welcomed when he made his Parliamentary debut by attending the Coalition caucus to-day. He will be sworn-in on Thursday.