HC Deb 04 February 1948 vol 446 cc1859-60
The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Harold Wilson)

I beg to move, in page 7, line 1, to leave out from the first "period," to the end of line 4, and to insert:

has the meaning assigned to it by Section one of this Act, This Amendment is consequential on the Amendment to Clause 1, page 1, line 20, which the Committee accepted yesterday.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendments made:

In page 7, line 13, leave out "make contracts with renters for," and insert "control or direct."

In line 14, after "thereat," insert: (whether by making contracts with renters or otherwise)."—[Mr. Harold Wilson.]

Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill."

Colonel Gomme-Duncan

There was an Amendment to this Clause standing in my name and the names of some of my hon. and right hon. Friends—in page 7, line 24, after "to," insert "Scotland or"—which was put down as being dependent on what the Minister was going to say on earlier Amendments which we had on the Order Paper. In view of that, I wish to make it clear that we were not proposing to break up the United Kingdom in the Amendment put down, and that, in view of the assurances given, we should, in any case, had it been called, have asked leave to withdraw it.

Question put, and agreed to.

Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.