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Vietnam:
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Lord SEGAL: My Lords, since this country has already had a direct commit- ment in this matter, having sent a paediatric unit out to Saigon, which did magnificent work there and which many of us feel was closed down prematurely, do we not still have a remaining moral obligation to continue this good work on our own soil?
Lord HARRIS of GREENWICH; My Lords, I have indicated that the Gov- ernment are certainly prepared to accept some obligation in this matter. But, clearly, a very large number of other countries must be involved in this prob- lem, and that is the way in which we are approaching it.
Lord HAILSHAM of SAINT MARYLEBONE: My Lords, has the noble Lord any information to give the House about the children in Surrey con- cerning whom there was a well published article in the Guardian last week? think some of us would be interested to know what the situation is.
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Lord HARRIS of GREENWICH: My Lords, I will certainly look into this matter which the noble and learned Lord has raised. As he rightly says, there has been comment in the Press on this point. I will go into the matter.
Earl FERRERS: My Lords, would the noble Lord agree that, while we all wish to fulfil our obligations to these people, removing them from their own environment and putting them into a wholly different one is not necessarily the best way to help them?
Lord HARRIS of GREENWICH: Yes, my Lords.
BROOKWOOD CEMETERY BILL
[H.L.]
Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
AIR TRAVEL RESERVE FUND BILL
11.30 a.m.
Lord BESWICK: My Lords, I beg to move that the Commons Reason for dis- agreeing to the Lords Amendment be now considered.
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On Question, Motion agreed to. COMMONS REASON FOR DISAGREEING
TO THE LORDS AMENDMENT/ [References are to Bill (159) as first printed by the Lords. The Commons Reason is printed in italics.]
LORDS AMENDMENT
[Nos. 1 and 2]
Clause 4, page 7, line 4, at end insert- (") Sums payable in respect of contribu- tions from air travel organisers to whom this section applies shall be paid by instalments at intervals of not more than three months and no such sum shall be payable before 1st Sept- ember 1975.")
The Commons disagree to this Amendment for the following Reason:
Because it is desirable in the interests of flexibility to leave the times at which and the manner in which contributions are to be paid by air travel organisers før the purposes of the Air Travel Reserve Fund to be determined by regulations made by virtue of clause 4 of the Bill.
Lord BESWICK: My Lords, I beg to move that this House doth not insist on their Amendment to Clause 4 to which the Commons have disagreed. Noble Lords will probably have seen the Reason for the Commons disagreement stated on the Order Paper ; namely:
"Because it is desirable in the interests of flexibility to leave the times at which and the manner in which contributions are to be paid by air travel organisers for the purposes of the Air Travel Reserve Fund to be determined by regulations made by virtue of clause 4 of
the Bill."
I dealt with this before the Bill left this House, and I think we had reached some understanding on the Motion, That the Bill do now pass. On that basis, I hope that the Motion will be accepted.
Moved, That this House doth not insist on the Amendment to which the Commons have disagreed.-(Lord Beswick.)
Lord BELSTEAD: My Lords, although the House of Commons have not agreed to write this Amendment into the Bill, the Government have given a firm/undertaking in another place that they accept the second half of this Amendment, and that regulations will provide that the levy is not to be paid before 1st September. May I just say that this is welcome, because it will enable air
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