PARLIAMENT

Evening Post, Issue 30, 4 August 1936, Page 11

PARLIAMENT

TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

. The Legislative' Council met at 2.30 p.m. today.

The Judicature Amendment Bill and the-National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Amendment Bill were read the first time.

. Moving the second "reading of the Invention of Profiteering Bill, the Leader of the Council (the Hon. M. Fagan) said that the main reason for the Bill was that the Government desired that .the benefits from the recent ' industrial legislation should not be lost. 4 The Hon. R. Masters said that in . view of legislation at present on the ' Statute Book the Bill before the Ccun.cil was unnecessary. The Board of Trade Act contained all the powers in the" Bill. He criticised the lack of right of appeal from the tribunals, and also the fact that- the onus of proof ' was thrown on the defendant.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The House of Representatives met at 2.30 qjn. today. »

•.Moving the second reading of the Political Disabilities Removal Bill, the Prime Minister' (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) said the right of civil servants to have the same rights as anybody else % had been discussed for many years, and there was nothing really new in the Bill. Civil servants sKould have the same right as anybody else to stand for Parliament.

The Leader of the Opposition (the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes) said an extra duty had always devolved on the public servant, and that was that he should carry out his duties with strict impartiality. That was the principle that had been followed in England, even under the Labour Government. In England a public, servant who stood for Parliament had to resign.

(Proceeding.)