HC Deb 07 July 1938 vol 338 c715

Lords Amendment: In page 49, line 12, after "shall" insert: (1) after receiving the certified valuations from the respective Regional Valuation Boards under Sub-section (6) of Section seven of this Act forthwith transmit the same to the Board of Trade, and the Board shall as soon as may be lay before Parliament statements showing the total amounts of the certified valuations in each region in respect of principal and subsidiary coal hereditaments respectively, and (2)

9.15 p.m.

Mr. Stanley

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

I gave a short explanation of this Amendment in the survey which I made of the Lords Amendments. It was explained in another place that it would be quite easy to get the information which will be conveyed under this Amendment by means of putting down a question. In another place for some reason or other they preferred that the information instead of being obtained by way of question and answer, should be obtained by way of a statement laid before both Houses. We have no desire that anybody should be able to say that we are concealing any information which ought to be made public, and which in any case would be made public, and if it is believed in another place that publicity should be given in this way, I am prepared to advise this House to agree.