HC Deb 29 November 1920 vol 135 cc931-2
Sir D. MACLEAN

Can the Leader of the House say what business it is proposed to take to-day and on Thursday?

4.0 P.M.

Mr. BONAR LAW (Leader of the House)

To-day we hope to get the first three Orders—Women, Young Persons,' and Children (Employment) Bill. Report; Criminal Injuries (Ireland) Bill, Report; and Gold and Silver (Export, Control, etc.) Bill, Second Reading—and also, if time permits, Numbers 5 and 6—Isle of Man (Customs) Bill, Second Reading: and Public Works Loans Bill, Second Reading. To-morrow we shall take the Second Reading of the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill and the subsequent stages of the Bills taken to-day. On Wednesday we shall take the Civil Service Supplementary Estimates With regard to Thursday, we had proposed, provisionally, that we should have the Financial Debate, but it is necessary to get the Roads Bill through at once, and we therefore propose to take that measure on Thursday. In that case, we propose to have the financial discussion next week, and I venture to hope that those who are impugning the financial policy of the Government so loudly outside will take the opportunity of putting a Motion on the Paper.

Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHY

We always do.

Mr. HOGGE

Do I understand that the Government do not propose to take any new Bills?

Mr. BONAR LAW

I think not.

Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY

Do we understand that it is the intention to carry the Roads Bill through all its stages before Christmas?

Mr. BONAR LAW

Yes.

Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY

Through the other House too?

Mr. BONAR LAW

We hope so, Perhaps my hon. and gallant Friend does not understand the Bill. I understand that it is merely an administrative Bill to enable the decision come to on the Budget to be carried into effect.

Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY

It is more than that.

Sir J. REMNANT

Can the right hon. Gentleman say how long he expects the Session to last?

Mr. BONAR LAW

I can give my hopes. I hope that it will finish before Christmas.