§ 6.30 p.m.
§ Mr. H. StraussI beg to move, in page 17, line 9, to leave out "include," and to insert:
and to a Minister of the Crown include respectively.This and the following Amendment, in line 10, raise no point of principle. They are required simply to deal with the technical point that the term "Minister of the Crown," which is used in Clause 9 of the Bill, is not appropriate in so far as the Bill extends to Northern Ireland, where the correct expression is "Minister of Northern Ireland." It is consequently necessary to amend the Interpretation Clause.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Further Amendment made: In page 17, line 10, at end, insert "and (in relation to a department of that Government) to a Minister of Northern Ireland."—[Mr. H. Strauss.]
§ Mr. H. StraussI beg to move, in page 17, line 20, at the end, to insert:
and as including references to the provisions set out in the Second Schedule to the Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953 (which by section two of that Act were substituted for those Regulations).This Amendment deals with a small technical point. Since the Bill was introduced the Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953, has become law. That Act embodied in permanent legislation the substance of the Defence (Trading with the Enemy) Regulations, while, at the same time, repealing the Regulations themselves. That is what gives rise to the necessity for this Amendment.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
§ Clauses 16, 17 and 18 ordered to stand part of the Bill.