HC Deb 02 April 1936 vol 310 cc2267-8

9.57 p.m.

Mr. ELLIOT

I beg to move, in page 18, line 29, to leave out "the Commission with the approval of."

This Amendment and the Amendment which follows it on the Paper, are intended to meet points raised by the Opposition during the Committee stage. They put first the case that the licensing authority should not be appointed by the Commission and in the first Amendment, which I am now moving, we provide that the licensing authority shall consist of persons appointed by the Minister. In the following Amendment we take steps to see that the persons appointed to the licensing authority shall not be in any way connected with the business of manufacturing or refining sugar. I hope that these Amendments will meet the points raised by hon. Gentlemen opposite.

Mr. BROAD

These Amendments are really a paraphrase of the wording suggested by us in Committee when the Minister was good enough to say that he would endeavour to meet our point and we have no reason to find fault with the wording now proposed.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendment made: In page 18, line 34, at the end, insert:

  1. "(a) for securing that no person shall be appointed to be a member of the licensing authority unless the Minister, after consultation with the Commission, is satisfied that he has no such interest in any undertaking carrying on the business of manufacturing or refining sugar as to affect him in the exercise of his functions as such a member;
  2. (b) for the expenses of the licensing authority (including any fees, salaries, or allowances payable to the members thereof) being defrayed as part of the expenses of the Commission under the scheme."—[Mr. Elliot.]