INTERIM REPORT MADE

Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1934, Page 4

INTERIM REPORT MADE

DAIRY COMMISSION’S WORK PUBLICATION TO BE WITHHELD YET PREPARATIONS FOR LEGISLATION. THREE OTHER REPORTS AWAITED. (By Wire—Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Last Night The interim report of the Dairy Commission was received by the Government yesterday, and contains recommendations as to the lines legislation for the bettering of the dairy industry should take. The interim report was submitted at the request of the Government, so that legislation could be prepared. Copies of it were circulated among Ministers yesterday and a special Cabinet meeting will be held to-morrow to deal with it. In discussing the subject yesterday the Prime Minister said that it was not intended to release the interim report but that the final report containing the reasons for the recommendations would be tabled at the same time as legislation was brought down, so that members would be able to study the reasons for the legislation, along with the Bill itself.

Three other important reports of commissions have still to be presented to Parliament and in the case of two of these important legislation will follow. Urgency has compelled the Company Commission to present two interim reports, each of which has resulted in swift action being taken by the Government, but neither of these dealt with the main purpose of the commission, which is to present recommendations upon the lines legislation, should take for the control of the bond-issuing concerns. The Prime Minister, theßt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, expects this report will be received in sufficient time to enable this legislation to be put through this session.

Members of the Native Affairs Commission have been working on the body of their report fof some weeks now and although they have received an extension until the end of this month it. is unlikely that this report will be delivered to the Government before that date. Legislation dealing with the control of the Native Affairs Department and its. administration will probably emerge. The report of the Monetary Committee is still in the hands of the Government and no decision has yet been reached when it will be released. The chance of legislation following the recommendations of the committee is remote in the extreme. 1 In the meantime the House has been spending ten days in discussing the Budfet, but while 29 speakers have taken art in the debate not a great deal has been heard concerning the actual financial proposals of the Government. The two subjects which have attracted the most attention as far as the schemes outlined in the Budget are concerned , have been the reduction in unemployment tax, which is bitterly opposed by Labour members, and the decision to establish a national mortgage corporation, which, as it will probably embrace State lending institutions, has met with , opposition both from Labour and some of the Government members as well. It ... is difficult to see how the Budget debate can be -finished before Thursday at the earliest. ...

The committee stage of the Customs Bill, another long proceeding, will follow, and the Government has been keeping some legislation back to expedite the financial debate.. Some of this may appear at the end of this. week. With . t the amount of work that is ahead there is little likelihood of the session ending ,in October, and the middle of Novem-. ber now appears to be the most likely date.