THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20180, 7 March 1931, Page 15

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

NAVAL ESTIMATES CUT. INFLUENCE OF DISARMAMENT J»6Lifcf. (CHITJO MISS ASSOCIATION*—By ILBCtIiO 4£itodAtSr-^-OdfiaiGHT.) LONDON, March 5. The- Navy Estimates hare been tabled in the House of Commons. The total suih is £51,605,000, a reduction of on last jreiar. Mr A. V. Alexander; First I<ord of the Admiralty, in an accompanying statement, points out "that while the net savihg is £342,0fi0j the gfofes total is £1,819,000 less because the approprla* tidiis hate been reduced bjr £1,478,000. Thd faaval pefrsoiitiel iy bfeitig leduced by 3500 to 03,500, and: he cstittiates that tli© Sflvirtg will be abodt £BOO,OOO through lbWfer pribfes and bhftnges in the Scfllti pay varying acborditig to th© ixfet of living. / . . -The Governilient's action in odftailing the 1928-9 programmes continues to affect the protisioii for new construction, which ig £241,000 below that of last yepr. Mr Alexander parenthetically added that this also was less by '£4006 than if .the origmal prbgrathnies had been carried oiit. , , The Lijiidon Treaty pfotisibrts rblating to the earlier SbrJlpiiiiig of Jjtlpital ships Hrivfe Uefen the Itiaih fattflr iri effecting this, the saving in the post of personnel aiiiountmrr,to £400,000. In the fbtiv-yfear pei'idd frt>rn IS2B the naval tJersotinel will actually be reduced by- 10)000. Tim principal ihcretiEe is one. of £515,000 for material, M £1,772,000 is being spent oh the Singapore base for the year <mdJM March 31st, £7B4jOQO beirig pro'vided for 19312. leaving £4,561,000 necessary to coriipiete the SUNDAY AMUSEMENTS. local option and powers. LONDON, Mai bh 5. In tli6 ttoutie of Commohs the Hoirle gecrotary, Mr J. B. Clynes, announced that he tats ihbrtly introducing a Bill to deal Mth the Sunday opening oi! Jtrntiijehients and refeiilarisitig the prattled wiiieh obtained befofo the Ibgitl decision given On rfttniittry 27th. Stembers will be Ifcft itde tb vote oh the principle »f tho Bill/: in which there %T ill be a provision that no omployde should work more than hix days a week. An agreement on this point has been feacnfcd thfe bmpldjfferS dafl the tradefe unldflg. ■ fletjlyihg to an ohquiry relating to the itrdtig of bj)inioh Ift tho country in favdtifr trf obSferving the Sttfldtity t(f fchnday -Aft ClVries said tliftt after hearing ovßfjr rflde tif tlie he had to take ifito account thti fetedt Voluriit) df bbiillon if fdVOUi- altering the exifitifig la#. . , .. . Th& Bill ,Wbtild give liiuhwsipilllties Ibcal.optibii powers iii the taatteh SCriOdt-LfeAVtNG AGE. i t BILL TO: BB BEINTBODUGED. ttateui omoiix wiMutaeJ Btf&BY, March 6. Mr tL B. Left»;SmHh, successor to Sir Charles P< Ht the Board of liEducdtictti; liao titat tlte W* ientioS of the {JbvelnJlufenK lb duce a Bill for raisiiig the iisHtibl lbaVing age th&t it- Hiay be passed into law -under > the ' Parliament Act. This Act provides that ,a Bill receiving the assent of tha. House'of Oommona in threb second id iwti Wars beedthee law tothout tH« yifkt Of, the Hodflb Sf Lords. ' . LABOUR defection. LOKDON, Mirok B. - Mr W. J. M".?. fdr Weitt haS Labour Pariy. In a jlettdr , tor,thb Prime Minister, Bfo Rams&jr MacD&L■ald, iim rtßafeliiStjohtliiiled mom-bfii^bip-ofParty;.is ■ irreCdhciiablb with kiAa 6t intelleettial intetnfit^.