HC Deb 03 June 1947 vol 438 c81

5.45 p.m.

Sir S. Cripps

I beg to move, in page 5, line 28, after "proceedings," to insert: (whether civil or criminal, and. This and the next Amendment on the Order Paper run together on exactly the same lines as that which was introduced into the Statistics of Trade Bill, whereby material obtained as a result of the operations of this Bill will be usable for proceedings under the Bill and not for other proceedings. The Amendment was asked for during the Committee stage, we introduced it into the other Bill, and now we are introducing it into this one.

Mr. W. Shepherd

I want to thank the President for introducing these words which I asked for on the Committee stage. I was surprised that the right hon. and learned Gentleman had not taken the opportunity of inserting these words in view of the fact that he had done so in a previous Bill, and it was only at the last moment that I discovered they had not been inserted.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendment made: In page 5, line 29, leave out from "Act," to second "or," in line 30.—[Sir S. Cripps.]