Deb 17 October 1939 vol 114 c1443

Report from the Special Orders Committee, That they have examined the Order as required by the Standing Orders of the House; that they have considered a Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Air; that in their opinion the provisions of the Order raise important questions of policy and principle; that the Order is founded on precedent; that in the opinion of the Committee the Order cannot be passed without special attention, but that no further inquiry is necessary before the House proceeds to the Motion that an humble Address be presented to His Majesty praying that an Order be made in the terms of the draft:

Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.