§ 67. Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Education if she has studied the details which have been sent her regarding the discontinuance in England of the established practice of giving 40 days' notice of the coming into operation of Statutory Instruments made by her Department, while the practice in Scotland is continued with regard to similar Instruments; in view of the fact that the provisions of the Statutory Instruments Act, 1946, extend to the whole of Great Britain, why the established procedure has been discontinued in England while continuing in Scotland; and whether she will take steps to ensure that the rights and privileges of 137W statutory bodies and citizens should be preserved in England as they are in Scotland.
§ Mr. PickthornThe regulations which my right hon. Friend makes under the Education Acts have under Section 112 of the Education Act, 1944, and Section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act, 1946, to be laid before Parliament for a period of 40 days after being made. Those Acts do not provide for these regulations to be published in draft. The Scottish law is different.