§ 47. Sir John Mellorasked the Minister of Labour if he will now state which of the orders, made under Regulation 58A or 58AA, he proposes to revoke; and which he proposes to consolidate.
§ The Minister of Labour (Mr. Isaacs)I have today made an Order revoking the 13 orders, set out in my reply to the hon. Member on 8th March, as being partly in operation or as not being operated. I have also formally revoked all registration orders relating to specific dates in the past. I find on consideration of the remaining orders that there is very little scope for consolidation, and no useful purpose would be served by such small measure of it as might be possible.
§ Sir J. MellorWhile congratulating the right hon. Gentleman on the revocation, may I ask him why the view of the Ministry has been changed since the Parliamentary Secretary said on 10th March 1444 that it was proposed to consolidate the remaining orders into one or two orders?
§ Mr. IsaacsBecause in approaching the subject with that object in mind, we found that we could do without some, and one or two of the orders were due to expire at the end of the year, so we thought it best to sweep away those we could, leaving the others.