§ THE MINISTER WITHOUT PORT-FOLIO (THE EARL OF DUNDEE) rose to move, That the National Assistance (Determination of Need) Amendment Regulations, 1959, be made in the form of the draft laid before this House on the 16th of June last. The noble Earl said: My Lords, these Draft Regulations make certain changes in the amount of national assistance benefits for which legislation is not required. The National Assistance Bill, which is the next Order but one on the Order Paper, after the New Towns Bill, makes certain other changes for which legislation is required. I think that it would be for your Lordships' convenience that we should discuss the Bill and the Regulations together. Although about 90 per cent of the changes are made by these Regulations and only about 10 per cent. by the Bill, I understand that it would be convenient for some noble Lords that we should take the New Towns Bill first. If that is so, and if your Lordships are willing, I will formally move now that these Draft Regulations be made in the form of a draft and would be quite willing to have our discussion later on the Bill.
§ LORD PETHICK-LAWRENCEMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friends sitting on these Benches, I would say that 764 we are quite agreeable to this procedure, which I understand is for the convenience of certain Members of your Lordships' House. But, of course, it is clearly understood that we should be quite in order to discuss anything on the Bill, even though it might more particularly belong to the Regulations. On that understanding, we are quite willing to drop the discussion of this particular matter just now.
§ THE EARL OF DUNDEEMy Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.
§ Moved, That the National Assistance (Determination of Need) Amendment Regulations, 1959, be made in the form of the draft laid before this House on the 16th of June last.—(The Earl of Dundee.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.