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As regards alteration of the date, it is a little dangerous to assume that this can be done in the Bill intro- duced next Session. If the Opposition in the Lords realised that the Government were in a difficulty under the Parliament Act procedure, they might leave the 1st May 1950, in the Bill and hold up the Bill until after that date.
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In order to allow these rather complicated alterna- tives to be considered by the Government I suggest that final disagreement with the Lords before the Summer Recess should be avoided.
Ministry of Supply, W. C. 2.
26TH JULY, 1949.
G. R. S.
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