HC Deb 11 July 1949 vol 467 c143
Mr. Glenvil Hall

I beg to move, in page 74, line 5, at the beginning, to insert:

30 & 31 Vict., c. 5. The Dog Licences Act, 1867. Section five, from the second "and" onwards.
The House will remember that we inserted a new Clause dealing with dog licences. At the moment, under the law all licences come to an end on 31st December, and all we seek to do—I hope the House will agree—is to delete the words: and shall terminate on 31st December following.

Lieut.-Commander Braithwaite

It is extremely fitting that the final Amendment in our long discussions should deal with the only section of the community which has received any benefit whatever from the financial proposals of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. As the curtain falls, one might properly paraphrase a poem many of us learnt when we were young, and say, "The dog recovered from the Budget; the man it was that died."

Amendment agreed to.

Bill to be read the Third time tomorrow.