§ Considered in Committee.
§ Question proposed [12th May],
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That it is expedient to authorise the payment, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, of any expenses that may be incurred by the Secretary of State in carrying out the provisions of any Act of the present Session to control the importation of goods infected or likely to be infected with anthrax, and to provide for the disinfection of any such goods."—[Colonel Sir Hamar Greenwood.]
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Amendment proposed,
Provided that such payment in any one year shall not exceed twenty-five thousand pounds."—[Sir Frederick Banbury.]
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Question again proposed,
That those words be there added.
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Colonel Sir Hamar Greenwood)This Order should have been put down to-morrow, and not to-night, because the White Paper which I promised has not yet been placed in the Vote Office. For this reason I beg to move,
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Committee report Progress; to sit again to-morrow.