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We are also very anxious, for the reasons given above, that the Bill should receive the Royal Assent at the earliest possible moment. Even when the Bill is passed, a few days must elapse before the charges can operate to allow for the making, printing and distri- bution of the Regulations and other documents, and, if the Bill does not become law before Whitsun, it will be mid-June before the charges can start to apply. At the present rate of demand this would mean the sacrifice of between £5 and £6 millions of the savings estimated for the current year, i, e. a reduction from £12.5 millions to £7 millions. We therefore greatly hope that it will be found possible to pass the Bill into law before Whitsun.
25th April, 1951.
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