§ Mr. ASQUITHMay I ask the Leader of the House whether it is proposed that the House should sit on Friday, and, if so, what business will be taken on that day?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWAfter consultation with my Noble Friend (Lord Edmund Talbot) we have come to the conclusion that it would not be worth while to sit on Friday, provided that the Report stage
| FIRST SCHEDULE. | |
| PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE ARMY ACT. | |
| Section of Act. | Amendments. |
| 176 | After Sub-Section (1) the following Sub-section shall be inserted:— |
| "(1 A) All airmen of the Air Force who are attached or lent to the regular forces, subject, however, to the modifications contained in this Act." | |
| 184 A | The following Sub-section shall be inserted after Sub-section (1):— |
| "(1A) Where an officer or non-commissioned officer of the Air Force is a member of a body of His Majesty's Air Force acting with any body of His Majesty's military forces under such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Army Council and the Air Council, then, for the purposes of command and discipline, and for the purposes of the provisions of this Act relating. to superior officers, he shall, in relation, to such body of His Majesty's military forces as aforesaid, be treated, and have all such powers (other than powers of punishment), as if he were a military officer or non-commissioned officer, as the case may be." |
§ Lords Amendment: In paragraph on Section 176 of Army Act, leave out the words "or lent."
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."
§ Mr. PRINGLEIt is due to the House that the hon. Gentleman in charge of the Bill should give some explanation of the Amendments introduced by the Lords. After the very long attention we gave to the Bill, we should have some explanation of the changes that have been made in another place.
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the,AIR BOARD (Major Baird)This is a purely drafting Amendment. I did intend to explain the subsequent one.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Lords Amendment: In paragraph on Section 184 A of Army Act, at end, insert the words: 2056 of the Representation of the People Bill is completed to-morrow. If it should not be completed to-morrow, we should sit on Friday to complete it.
§ Mr. ASQUITHThat does not include the recommittal?