HL Deb 03 September 1939 vol 114 cc967-8
The EARL OF MUNSTER

My Lords, I do not know whether you will now let me refer again to the Bill I took through Second Reading just now and move the Amendment which stands in my name. I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into Committee on the said Bill.

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

On Question, Motion agreed to.

House in Committee accordingly:

[The EARL OF ONSLOW in the Chair.]

Clause 1:

Prolongation of service.

(3) In this section the expression "the end of the emergency" means the end of such day as His Majesty may by Order in Council declare to be the day on which the emergency that was the occasion of the passing of this Act came to an end; and for the purposes of this section a man shall be deemed to be a soldier of the regular forces or an airman of the regular air force notwithstanding that he is for the time being released from army service or air force service by virtue of an order under subsection (4) of Section one, or subsection (2) of Section three, of the Military and Air Forces (Conditions of Service) Act, 1939.

THE LORD CHAIRMAN

In Clause 1, my noble friend Lord Munster has handed in a manuscript Amendment as follows: On page 2, line 2, to leave out from "under" to end of clause and insert "subsection (4) of Section three, or subsection (2) of Section five, of the Armed Forces (Conditions of Service) Act, 1939."

THE EARL OF MUNSTER

My Lords, this Amendment is merely drafting, due to the fact that the measure which is described in the Bill as "the Military and Air Forces (Conditions of Service) Act" has been changed to "The Armed Forces (Conditions of Service) Act," I beg to move: Clause 1, page 2, line 2, leave out from ("under") to end of clause and insert ("subsection (4) of Section three, or subsection (2) of Section five, of the Armed Forces (Conditions of Service) Act, 1939").—(The Earl of Munster.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Clause 1, as amended, agreed to.

Remaining clause agreed to.

Bill read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.