HL Deb 19 June 1939 vol 113 c547

Report from the Special Orders Committee, That they have examined the Special Order as required by the Standing Orders of the House; that in their opinion the Order raises questions of policy and principle which have been accepted already by the House when passing the Agricultural Marketing Act, 1933, under which the Order is submitted for approval; that the Order is founded on precedent inasmuch as similar Orders have already been submitted for the approval of Parliament under that Act although those Orders dealt with other agricultural products; that in the opinion of the Committee the Order cannot be passed by the House without special attention, but that no further inquiry is necessary before the House proceeds to a decision on the Resolution to approve the said Order:

Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.