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(Apportionment) Bill, but the Cabinet were given to understand that this had been omitted from the draft cir- culated as it would be necessary to treat the question of Rating Relief in the King's Speech from a wider point of view, and the Minister of Health's paragraph could best be incorporated with material to be furnished by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
This matter was left for incor- poration later after consultation with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and the Minister of Health.
The passage relating to AGRICULTURE at the bottom of page 4, should be divided into two and the order reversed, that is to say, there chould first be a paragraph relating to the provision of Agricultural Credit Facilities, with a subsequent paragraph referring to Grading and Marking of Agricultural Produce.
THE COMPANIES' BILL. Some doubts were expressed as to whether the House of Lords would be willing to accept the Bill after the consideration of their own amendments in the House of Commons but on the whole it was felt that there was a reasonable prospect of the passage of the Bill.
The Cabinet were informed that the King
intemed to hold a Council on Monday, July 30th,
at 10-45 a.m and it was hoped that it would be
·
possible to submit the Speech for His Majesty's
signature on that date.
The Cabinet agreed
That the Lord President of the Council should supervise the preparation of the final draft of the King's Speech for the King's signature.
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