THE SHORT SESSION

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 127, 22 February 1921, Page 4

THE SHORT SESSION

TO LAST ABOUT TEN DAYS PROBABLE COURSE OF BUSINESS The session of Parliament to be opened on March 10 is not likely to extend beyond ten days. The Prime Minister will not require to introduce any formal resolution relating to the call that has reached him to proceed to London. He w‘ll ask the House for Supply for whatever extended period may seem to be necessary, and the question of his personal attendance at the Imperial Conference can be discussed on the Money Bill. This is the procedure that the Prime Minister expects to adopt. Mr. Massey stated in answer to a question.’ on the subject tliat the business of the short session would not necessarily'lie confined to finance. He would be willing to take any other urgent business that might present itself, but he did not know of much that could not wait until the regular session of Parliament later in the year. Members of the Legislature, of course, would have their usual opportunities to put forward requests and suggestions, and it would not be possible to say in advance just how the session would proceed. The Prime Minister will require to be in London early in June, if the arrange-n-ents necessary for his attenfihnce at the Conference are made, so that he will leave New Zealand about the middle of April. If he spends six weeks in London he can be back in New Zealand early in September, and the second session can open about the end of that month.