HC Deb 02 June 1919 vol 116 c1789

(5) Sub-sections (2) to (4) of Section eleven and Section twelve of the New Ministries and Secretaries Act, 1916, shall apply to the Minister and the Ministry of Health, and to the office of the Minister of Health and in like manner as they apply to the Ministers and Ministries mentioned in those Sections:

Provided that it shall be lawful for two secretaries of the Ministry to sit as Members of the Commons House of Parliament at the same time.

Lords Amendment: In Sub-section (5), leave out the words, Provided that it shall be lawful for two secretaries of the Ministry to sit as Members of the Commons House of Parliament at the same time.

The Lords insist on their Amendment for the following reason:

Because is consequential on the earlier Amendment on which they insist.

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."—[Mr. Bonar Law.']