TOO MUCH BUSTLE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18279, 23 December 1933, Page 6

TOO MUCH BUSTLE

SESSION’S LAST HOURS

MB. COLEMAN’S COMMENTS

Discussing to-day the major features of the legislation placed on the Statute books during the Parliamentary session just closed, ilr. D. W. Coleman, M.P., expressed the opinion that there was sufficient business demanding attention to have justified a resumption of the session early in the New Near. The rush of the last two or three weeks was phenomenal, the district member commented. During the early part of the session, the House discussed at length various relatively unimportant subjects, and the Government was asked repeatedly when it proposed to bring down the more weighty enactments which everybody knew were to receive attention. When at last these were placed before the House, the time allowed was quite inadequate for the assimilation of the provisions of the hills, and tired members were required to work at pressure which Mr. Coleman felt was quite unjustified in view of the importance of the legislation.

There was ample reason for a return to the business of the session after the holidays, he felt, and three weeks would not have been too generous a provision of time for consideration of bills brought down in the dying hours of the session. The Government appeared determined to close down before Christmas, however, and had the majority to enforce its wishes.

The district member added that there was nothing of particular application to the Gisborne electorate in the recentlypassed legislation, most of which was of national importance.