HL Deb 14 December 1920 vol 39 cc149-51

Order of the Day for the House to be put into committee, read.

Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.—(The Earl of Onslow.)

House in Committee accordingly.

[The EARL of DONOUGHMORE in the Chair.]

Clause 1:

Restrictions on the employment of women, young persons, and children in industrial undertakings. (6) This section, so far as it relates to employment in coal mines, metalliferous mines and quarries, and factories and workshops, shall have effect as if it, formed part of the Coal Mines Act, 1911, the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1875, and the Factory and Workshops Acts, 1901 to 1911, respectively; and the provisions of those Acts relating to registers to be kept thereunder shall apply to the registers required to be kept under this Act.

THE EARL OF ONSLOW moved, in subsection (6), after "Coal Mines Act, 1911," to insert "and the Acts amending that Act." The noble Lord said: This is purely drafting.

Amendment moved— Clause 1, page 2, line 29, after ("1911") insert ("and the Acts amending that Act").—(The Earl of Onslow.)

Clause 1, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 2:

THE EARL OF ONSLOW

There are a number of Amendments to this clause which are purely drafting.

Amendments moved—

Clause 2, page 1, line 5, after ("factory") Insert ("or workshop")

Clause 2, page 1, line 6, after ("factories") insert ("or workshops")

Clause 2, page 1, line 7, after ("factory") insert ("or workshop") and after ("factories") insert ("or workshops")

Clause 2, page 1, line 10, after ("workshop") insert ("or group of factories or workshops")

Clause 2, page 1, line 17, leave out ("or") and insert ("concerned or the")

Clause 2, page 1, line 18, after ("concerned") insert ("as the case may be").—(The Earl of Onslow.)

THE EARL OF ONSLOW moved, at the beginning of the second paragraph of the proviso, to insert "Particulars of." The noble Earl said: The object of this Amendment is to enable the Home Office to economise in printing, stationery and so forth, by publishing a description of the general effect of an Order, instead of its ipsissima verba. It is a useful provision, because it enables the Home Office to give the general public and persons affected a better idea of the effect of an Order by such a description rather than by giving the exact words.

Amendment moved— Page 4, line 29, at beginning insert ("Particulars of").—(Thu Earl of Onslow.)

THE EARL OF ONSLOW

There is a further drafting Amendment to this Clause.

Amendment moved— Page 4, line 35, leave out from ("section") to ("shall") in line 37.—(The Earl of Onslow.)

Clause 2, as amended, agreed to.

Remaining clauses and Schedule agreed to.

Then (Standing Order No. XXXIX having been suspended) Amendments reported: Bill read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.