§ Captain WEDGWOOD BENNI am much obliged to the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department for being in attendance this morning in response to the notice which I gave him. I desire to ask him a question about the procedure under the Emergency Powers Act. I understand that the Regulations must by Statute be laid as soon as may be before this House. When I asked the Home Secretary a question on the subject yesterday he said that no Regulations were required, and I observe that no Regulations have been made nor do they appear in the Votes and Proceedings of yesterday. I desire now to ask the Under-Secretary whether he is laying Regulations to revoke the Emergency Powers Regulations which were in force and, if not, is it true that those Emergency Powers Regulations cease to be operative as from the meeting of the Privy Council?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Captain Hacking)I regret that, owing to indisposition, my right hon. Friend is not in his place this morning to answer the question put by the hon. and gallant Member. Under the Emergency Powers Act, 1920, the Regulations made by His Majesty in Council yesterday will be laid upon the Table of the House to-day.