THE ADVANCE OF BUREAUCRACY.
"In 193& a 'Committee on Mmistcrs' Powers,' appointed by Lortl Sankey, conceived anct subsequently brougbt fortb a report recommending the establishmenfc of a Standing Committee in each House of Parliament to be charged with the duty qf scrutinising 'every Bill' conferring legislative powers upon Ministers and, still more important, 'every regulation' made thereunder," writes Mr J. H. Morgan, K.C., in the f)aily MaiL "But nothing has been done to give effeefc to these recommendations. Pressed on the point in the House, a Minister replied that ho 'could hold out no hope' of early action on the snbject. When a Minister ceases to hope, the publie may well begin to despair. It is high time that the rank ahd file of memhers in the House took the matter up. It is not a political issue. Its proseciition involves nO breach of party allegiance. It is simply a qiiestiOn of restoring to the House of Commons itself its own 'ancient and undoubted privilege.' That • privilege, the most ancient of them all, but fiow the most in doubt, is th'at Parliament and Parliament alone, should have the right to make our lawB and, in making them, to regulate our lives." • . ...
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 2, 25 September 1937, Page 4
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