HL Deb 15 March 1934 vol 91 cc278-80
LORD PONSONBY OF SHULBREDE

My Lords, may I ask the noble Marquess, Lord Londonderry, if he can give some statement about business next week?

THE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY

My Lords, in the absence of my noble friend the Leader of the House, I will endeavour to give the information required. On Tuesday, March 20, the House will be asked to consider the Third Reading of the Contraceptives Bill, the Third Reading of the Supply of Water in Bulk (No. 2) Bill, the Committee stage of the British Hydrocarbon Oils Production Bill, the Committee stage of the Air Force Reserve (Pilots and Observers) Bill and the Second Reading of the Rural Water Supplies Bill. The Motion standing in the name of the noble Viscount, Lord FitzAlan, for that day is postponed till April 11. On Tuesday will also be taken the Third Reading of the Arbitration Bill. On Wednesday the most reverend Primate has a Motion in regard to housing, Lord Olivier has a Motion in relation to the Discovery Expedition Committee, and there is also the Second Reading of the Indian Pay (Temporary Abatements) Bill. On Thursday, the 22nd, there is the Committee of the Dyestuffs (Import Regulation) Bill and the further stages of the Bills which I have named as being taken on Tuesday. There will also be on that day the Second Reading of the North Atlantic Shipping Bill which is to be introduced and read a first time on Monday. The programme sounds a formidable one, but I think when we go into it it will not be found as formidable as it sounds.

LORD MARLEY

My Lords, I understood that the Second Reading of the Mining Industry (Welfare Fund) Bill is being taken on Thursday. Is that so?

THE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY

The Second Reading of that Bill is being taken on Thursday.

LORD PONSONBY OF SHULBREDE

My Lords, did I understand the noble Marquess to say that there would be a sitting on Monday?

THE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY

There will be a formal sitting on Monday, the 19th, for the purpose of receiving the North Atlantic Shipping Bill and giving it a First Reading.

House adjourned at twenty-seven minutes past seven o'clock.