SEVENTH SCHEDULE.—(Legislative Lists.) (Hansard, 30 July 1935)

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

I think it will be for the convenience of the House that I should follow the precedent that has been set and say a few words about all the Amendments to the Seventh Schedule, none of which raises any point of great substance. They are little more than drafting Amendments to make clear the meaning of the Items as they originally were in the Bill. I might refer to the Amendment on page 379, in line 22, to leave out "in mines" and insert "and," which deals with a matter in which hon. Members opposite are interested. The Amendment brings this 2612 Item into a form in which hon. Members opposite asked that it should be when we were having our discussions in Committee. At that time it was not certain that there might not be an objection to it, but it has been reconsidered, and it has been found that the Amendment can be made. The Amendment on page 380, line 3—at the end, to insert: 41. The salaries of the Federal Ministers, of the President and Vice-President of the Council of State and of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Federal Assembly; the salaries, allowances and privileges of the members of the Federal Legislature; and, to such extent as is expressly authorised by Part II of this Act, the punishment of persons who refuse to give evidence or produce documents before Committees of the Legislature. —is consequential on Amendments made in the Bill and is put in to make it quite clear that the powers to which we refer in Clauses are expressly dealt with in Items in the Legislative Lists. The last Amendment on this Schedule—in page 385, line 22, after "labour," to insert "conditions of labour"—substitutes the word "conditions" for the word "welfare," which is more satisfactory. It is only a drafting Amendment.