WORKING TOO HARD.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 53, 31 August 1926, Page 8

WORKING TOO HARD.

A strong protest against the way this session lias been hurried through was made by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. H. E. Holland) in the House of Eepresentatives last night.

"I venture to say," said Mr. Holland, "that there has been scarcely one measure that has been before the Houso this session that we have had an opportunity of dealing with. There has beon little time for investigation and consideration of any of the measures —the important ones—that have been dealt with. ... In the last few weeks, in fact, the whole of the session we have been sitting almost un-heard-of hours that no sane business man would think of conducting his business upon. We come to work at round about 9 o'clock in the morning; we are engaged on committees or on the ordinary work of the electorates; we come into the house at half-past two; and we are here until 11, 12, 2, and 3 o'clock in the morning.

The Hon. W. Downie Stewart (Minister of Finance) said there were difficulties at times in spacing out the business of tho House where there was a heavy programme to put through. Endeavour was made, however, to arrange the business so that members might be enabled to study Bills before they came out.