HC Deb 22 March 1933 vol 276 cc466-7

Resolution reported, That, for the purpose of any Act of the present Session to provide for regulating the importation and sale of agricultural products and for organising the production of secondary agricultural products, to amend the law with respect to the marketing of agricultural products, and to make further provision in connection with the matters aforesaid, it is expedient to authorise—

  1. (a) the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament—
    1. (i) of any expenses incurred, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries or a Secretary of State in connection with the Market Supply Committee to be appointed under the said Act; and
    2. (ii) of any expenses incurred by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries or a Secretary of State, by virtue of the said Act, in connection with any Agricultural Marketing Reorganisation Commission or committee of investigation constituted or appointed under the Agricultural Marketing Act, 1931, as amended by the said Act of the present Session; and
  2. (b) the payment into the Exchequer of any sum which the board administering a scheme under the Agricultural Marketing Act, 1931, or a scheme under the said Act of the present Session may, in accordance with the last-mentioned Act, have paid to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries or a Secretary of State, being 467 a sum certified to represent the expenses of any such Agricultural Marketing Reorganisation Commission attributable to the preparation of the scheme or to the investigation of any matter affecting the operation of the scheme."

Question, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution," put, and agreed to.