HC Deb 09 May 1969 vol 783 cc886-7
Mr. Burden

I beg to move Amendment No. 6, in page 2, line 1, after 'Food' insert: 'and the Secretary of State acting jointly'.

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Harry Gourlay)

With this Amendment we can discuss Amendment No. 7, in line 2, leave out 'he thinks' and insert 'they think'.

Mr. Burden

This Amendment is to ensure that the Secretary of State for Scotland has powers under the Bill and that his name shall be joined with that of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendment made: No. 7, in line 2, leave out 'he thinks' and insert 'they think'.—[Mr. Burden.]

Mr. Body

I beg to move Amendment No. 8, in page 2, line 5, leave out second 'Great Britain' and insert: 'the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man'. This is a drafting Amendment to make the provision more accurate geographically.

Amendment agreed to.

Mr. Patrick McNair-Wilson

I beg to move Amendment No. 9, in line 9, after for', insert 'regulating and'.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this Amendment we may discuss Amendment No. 10, in line 11, after 'for', insert 'prescribing and'.

Mr. McNair-Wilson

This proposal would strengthen a very important part of the Bill regarding premises at which ponies are to be rested. Not only would the Minister prescribe the premises but he would have a say in regulating them. That would be helpful.

Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine

One of these Amendments would make the words "regulating and prescribing" and the other would make them "prescribing and regulating". Can my hon. Friend give an explanation of the difference as the reason for it escapes me?

Mr. McNair-Wilson

I was merely a question of these Amendments trying to strengthen each other in case there were any difficulty. We were not certain how the grouping would be taken.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendment made, No. 10, in line 11, after 'for', insert prescribing and'.—[Mr. Patrick McNair-Wilson.]

Mr. Body

I beg to move Amendment No. 11, in line 14, leave out subsection (2) and insert: (2) This section shall be construed as one with the Diseases of Animals Act 1950. This Amendment is consequential on those already passed by the House.

Amendment agreed to.

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