§ The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Dennis Herbert)I beg to move,
That, where by virtue of any Order in Council any functions of any Minister have been transferred to some other Minister, references in any Standing Order to the Minister from whom the functions have been transferred shall, so far as the Standing Order relates to the subject matter of the transferred functions, have effect as if for such references there were substituted references to the Minister to whom the functions have been transferred; and references to any 'Ministry' shall be construed accordingly.For the purpose of this Order 'Minister' shall include any Government Department.I have to ask the House to pass two Sessional Orders of a formal nature. The first one is necessitated by reason of certain functions having been changed, under emergency arrangements, from one Ministry to another. Therefore it is necessary that the reference in the Standing Orders, being to certain Ministries, be altered so as to the Ministry which is now concerned in each case. As these transfers of functions have been based upon Emergency Regulations, it has been thought best to ask the House to deal with this by means of Sessional Orders instead of making any alterations in the Standing Orders.Perhaps I may explain the second Order at the same time. That is necessitated by the impossibility in these days of getting copies of the six-inch Ordnance map. Therefore it is proposed to authorise the deposit, instead of an Ordnance map, of photographic copies of those maps.
§ Sir Irving AlberyI do not want to interfere with Business, but I would like to ask the Chairman of Ways and Means whether we are to understand from the explanation he has just given that the reason for which he has to make this Order is not expected to continue and that therefore that is why he is proposing to adopt this course.
§ The Chairman of Ways and MeansThe transfer of these functions is made under powers contained in the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, and that comes automatically to an end every year. Therefore, everything done under it must come to an end unless and except so far as renewed from time to time.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
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Ordered,
That, where by any Standing Order there is required to be deposited an Ordnance map, or a map published, prepared or approved by the Ordnance Survey, the deposit of a photographic copy of an Ordnance map shall be sufficient compliance with the requirement.
Provided that where the map to be deposited is required to be on a specified scale the photographic copy shall be on that scale." — [The Chairman of Ways and Means.]