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PARLIAMENTARY
BUSINESS.
(Previous
Reference: Cabinet 44. (28). Con- clusion 1.)
LAND PURCHASE
(NORTHERN
IRELAND)
BILL.
(Previous
Reference: Cabinet 27 (28). Con- clusion 3.)
UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE
(NORTHERN IRELAND) BILL.
1.The Cabinet had before them a Note by the
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Paper
C.P.-273 (28)) and a Memorandum prepared by the
Treasury (Paper C.P.-277 (28)) on the subject of
Parliamentary Business.
In the Note by the Parliamentary Secretary to
the Treasury it was stated that in the period from
November to Easter the Government would have in all
23 full sittings in which to pass the Local Govern-
ment and other Bills, with an additional 10 full
sitting days if the Government took Private Members'
time.
If dissolution were to take place early in
May,
the chief legislative measures of the Session
would have to be dealt with before Easter, leaving
only essential financial and routine business to be
disposed of before Prorogation. The date of dissolu-
tion must depend upon the despatch after Easter of
the Budget and the Finance Bill; the Army and Air
Force (Annual) Bill1; the Isle of Man (Customs) Bill,
and whatever Supply was deemed necessary. The first
possible day for the opening of the Budget would be clusion 1(j).) Tuesday, April 9th, the remaining stages taking up
to May 15th.
EX PORT
CREDITS BILL.
(Previous
Reference: Cabinet 40 (28). Con-
INDIAN HIGH COURTS BILL.
(Prwious
Referers e: Cabinet 29 (28), Con- clusion 4.)
In the Memorandum prepared by the Treasury
(Paper C.P.-277 (28)) it was stated that to take the
normal 20 allotted days for Supply plus a Finance Bill
would carry the Session into June, or the end of May
if there were no Whitsun Recess. To end the Session
by the middle of May, 1.e. before Whitsun, it would
be necessary either to reduce allotted days to 10 or
to leave Supply uncompleted. There was no precedent
for reducing allotted days except during War years,
and the alternative course of leaving Supply unc om-
pleted would involve the Treasury in considerable
difficulty.
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