WORK OF PARLIAMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 146, 23 June 1931, Page 8

WORK OF PARLIAMENT

FORTHCOMING SESSION MANY IMPORTANT MATTERS THE PREMIER AND FUSION Important matters await the attention of Parliament at the session to open this week. It is not expected that much time will be wasted on preliminaries as the economic situation demands immediate action. The Prime Minister is still standing to his offer of fusion. (Per Press Association. ] WELLINGTON. June 22. The Kt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, interviewed to-day, stated Bills arc to be presented dealing with unemployment, transport and brewery licenses, and he announced that the Trading Coupons Bill of last session, prohibiting the issue of trading coupons after a specified date, would be proceeded with. The question of ownership and control of radio broadcasting stations re quires to be decided upon as the Broadcasting Company’s license expires on December 31 next, and any alteration In the present system will require to be effected by Act of Parliament. Questioned concerning the arrangement of business at the opening of the session, the Prime Minister said that he desired to get preliminaries over quickly so that the real work of Parliament could be facilitated. He hoped to have the Imprest Bill passed before this week-end, as it was necessary to vote supply to the Government departments before the end of the month, and special measures for the carrying of unemployment reilef would probably be laid before the House on Friday next. Debate on the Bill could be commenced at the beginning of next week. He did not anticipate any difficulty in getting legislation through as all parties were agreed on the necessity of meeting the position as quickly as possible. He did not expect that the Address-in-Beply debate would be unduly lengthy. Mr Forbes considered that the session would run about the usual length of time. He hoped to get the Government’s financial proposals down before the end of July. The Transport Bill would be referred to a committee of the House for hearing of evidence., Legislation would also be introduced embodying the recommendations of the committe which reported recently on the question of better and safer building to resist earthquake. Referring to the proposals for the formtion of a National Government, Mr Forbes said:— “I am still open to discuss the matter with the Leader of the Opposition and I am quite willing to confer with him if he expresses such a desire.”