§ Considered in Committee [Progress 9th December].
§ [Dr. HORACE KING in the Chair]
§ 4.13 p.m.
§ The Attorney-General (Sir Elwyn Jones)May I, Dr. King, with your leave and that of the Committee, mention a matter for, I hope, the convenience of right hon. and hon. Members?
Several Amendments to Clause 2, providing for the discontinuance of the Office of the Secretary for Overseas Trade, were moved by the Opposition in the early hours of this morning and accepted on terms that the Government would seek the leave of Mr. Speaker to move certain Amendments, if and when the Report stage is reached, to deal with certain technical omissions arising from the Opposition Amendments.
I had intended in those same small hours to inform the Committee that manuscript Amendments had been placed in the Vote Office. I apologise for having neglected to do so. The Committee will find that they are there now, and have been there since the small hours of the morning.