SESSION-END WORK

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12528, 18 August 1926, Page 6

SESSION-END WORK

MORE BILLS TO COME STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER The Prime Minister, the Right. HOll. Mr Coates, made a statement in the House yesterday in rogard to the Government business it" is inj tended to proceed with during the | present session. He also made a state- | ment regarding the subjects that are likely to come before the Imperial Conference at its meeting in London in October. This will be found under a separate heading on page 7. Mr Coates said: ‘‘Dealing first with the question of the Parliamentary work of the session, may I say that in regard to Bills the House has passed 24 Government measures, one local Bill, and one private member’s Bill. “Dealing with the measures on the Order Paper to-day, it is hoped to pass the Scientific, and Industrial Besearch Bill, the Magistrates’ Court Amendment, Public Revenues Bill, the Local Bodies’ Loans Bill, Town Planning Bill, Fisheries Amendment Bill Guardianship of Infants Bill, Peel Forest BUI, Veterinary Surgeons Bill, Oil in Territorial Waters Bill, Rent Restriction Bill, Mining Bill, and the Local Government Loans Board Bill. “In addition to those, there are before Select Committee® the following Government Bills; Dairy Industry, Education Amendment, Now Zealand University Amendment, and the Stack Amendment, all of which I hope will shortly be reported back to the House. “In regard to the legislative proposals of the Government yet to he introduced, it is proposed to introduce by Governor’s Message to-day five Bills, dealing with Family Allowances, Local Railways, Westport Harbour, and Hauraki Plains. “Bills dealing with Licensing, Workers’ Compensation, Land Laws Amendment, Marriage Amendment, Local Elections and Polls Amendment, will be brought down shortly. There will, of course, he the usual Finance Bill, and wliat are known as the European and Native Washing-up Bill a little later on. RURAL CREDITS “In regard to the report of the Royal Commission on Rural Credits: it is proposed to set up a Select Committee at once which will consider the proposals contained in the report. It is also proposed to submit the projected Bank of Now Zealand legislation dealing with the subject of long-term advances to the samo committee, and by this means it is hoped that the recommendations of the committee when submitted to the House will obviate a lengthy discussion, and thus save the time of the House. “jUu Minister fog Customs hua si-

ready indicated that the Government will inifiate full inquiry into existing anomalies under our Customs tariff, with a view to submitting proposals in this respect to Parliament next year.” Mr Coates added that it may not be possible to deal finally with all the measures embraced in the list he had in. dialled, but he saw no reason why with co-operation and goodwill on the part of members they could not look forward to getting through by tho end of the month, or certainly withiu a week later.