Deb 17 December 1940 vol 118 cc147-8

Report from the Special Orders Committee, That they have examined the Special Order as required by the Standing Orders of the House; that they have received and considered the Report from the Mines Department; that in their opinion the Order raises important questions of policy and principle; that the Order is not founded on precedent although an Order has already been sub- mitted for the approval of Parliament under the Coal Mines Act, 1930, which was of a different character; 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 Special Order.

Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.