§ Mr. Elystan MorganI beg to move Amendment No. 98, in page 1, line 12, after ' club ', insert
'or a miners' welfare institute '.This completes a series of Amendments agreed in Committee consequent on the decision to allow miners' welfare institutes to register under Part II of the 112 Bill. It follows that the registered institutes, like registered clubs, should be excluded from Part I of the Bill.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganI beg to move Amendment No. 99, in line 14, leave out from beginning to ' this '.
This is a drafting Amendment which gives effect to an undertaking given in Committee to the hon. Member for Run-corn (Mr. Carlisle) that the drafting of Clause 1 would be reconsidered to see if it could be simplified. The Government realise that it is unnecessary to have both the following phrases in the Clause— " Except as provided by the next following subsection ", and " Notwithstanding anything in the preceding subsection". The latter words are therefore to be omitted.
§ Mr. CarlisleI thank the Undersecretary. When I moved an Amendment in Committee on this question I apologised for starting discussion on a minor drafting point. Rather to my surprise, but certainly to my pleasure, I was supported by several hon. Members on both sides of the Committee. They agreed that it is nonsensical to make Bills complicated. However much that may be to the advantage of lawyers, it is certainly not to the advantage of other people. I am glad that the Home Office, as a result of various comments made from both sides of the Committee, has agreed that what was described by the then Under-Secretary as the traditional means of drafting a Bill need not necessarily always exist and that Amendments to simplify the Bill could be accepted.
§ Amendment agreed to.