THE LORDS AMEND A BILL

Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1930, Page 1

THE LORDS AMEND A BILL

DUTIES ON DYESTUFFS. DEFIANCE OF GOVERNMENT’S DECISION. (Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 15. In order to ensure that the Dyestuffs Act should remain in operation for a further twelve months, instead of lapsing next month in accordance with the Government’s decision, the House of Lords passed a resolution including that Act in the schedule of the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill, by 87 votes to 13. The Bill as amended by the House of Lords will come before the House of Commons again on Wednesday. . Lord Salisbury laid stress upon the point that continuance of the Dyestuffs Act was vital to the research work being done by dye makers. Lord Parmoor said that the Government’s desire that the measure should lapse was clue to the fact that it had not operated to the advanage of the textile industry. Dye makers had established their industry in the last ten years and had gained a position from which they could face vvoild competition successfully. Electoral Reform. It wiis announced in the House of Commons that an electoral reform hill would be introduced before Christmas. Relations with Russia. In. the House of Commons a number of questions were asked regarding refereneeh to Britain at the Moscow conspiracy trial. The Foreign Secretary, Mr Arthur Henderspn, in reply, stated that since the representations made to the Soviet Government during the trial and the receipt of the reply of the Commissar of Foreign Affairs, he had instructed the British Ambassador to express the dissatisfaction of the British Government at the Soviet Government’s attitude.

In answer to other questions regarding Russia, Mr Henderson said that it had been, decided not to appoint a British Military Attache at Moscow. The Secretary of the Overseas Trade Department, Mr G. M. Gillett, said that the Government had decided not to despatch an economic mission to Russia. There was nothing to prevent such a mission being sent, but it did not seem to him that anything could be gained by doing so.