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Wednesday, November 1, 1972
On the question of housing, he said that it was wrong for the
Government to be housing, for a rent of just a few dollars a month, people
who now owned their own flat somewhere else, while genuinely deserving cases
were still on the waiting list.
Turning to pollution, Mr. Browne said some extremists would like to
"Pollution may be a dirty
stop the smoke rising from every factory chimney.
word; but so is poverty," he added.
Mr. Browne supported the "commonsense approach to this problem that
the Government is adopting, and let none of the enthusiasts forget that we
are a big industrial complex operating in a competitive world."
Because of this he was in favour of the setting up of an oil refinery
subject to the necessary arrangements to control pollution.
On social welfare, he hoped that the Government would "nurture" the
voluntary organisations which "sometimes feel frustrated due to red tape,
occasional lack of Government response and a very real worry about their
financial position."
He described these organisations as a unique and priceless asset and
said the enthusiasm and dedication of so many individuals who give up their
time without charge cannot be assessed in financial terms,
Mr. Browne called on the Government to formulate a comprehensive
"population policy" to make widely available family planning services; to amend
restrictive legislation; to allow family life education, including sex education,
and general preparation for marital and parental responsibilities to be included
in the appropriate school curricula; and to make family planning and population
education part of the training courses for nurses, teachers, social workers
and others.
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