PARLIAMENTARY.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1928, Page 5

PARLIAMENTARY.

THE HOUSE. By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. WELLINGTON, September 26. The Speaker resumed the chair at 10.5 Q a.m. when Mr Parry moved to re-commit the bill with ( a view to compiling separate registers for children and adults. The Minister said this was impracticable, as in many cases mental defectives were still children after they were grown up. The proposal was lost on the voices. On the third reading, Mr Holland said the long debate was due entirely to the refusal of the Minister to indicate what clauses he was prepared to compromise upon. The bill waß now vastly improved and this improvement was due entirely to the attitude of the Opposition. There still, however, remained Clause 7, to which the Labour Party strenuously objected, and with a view to giving the House a further opportunity to consider that clause, he moved to recommit the bill. This was seconded by Sir Joseph Ward, who adversely commented upon the methods employed to put the bill through the House. On a division being taken on Mr Holland’s amendment to recommit the Bill, it was defeated by 38 to 15, and the Bill was read a time and passed, after the Prime Minister had intimated that the clauses which had been withdrawn would be reconsidered when they were better understood by the country.