PARLIAMENT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 24 July 1929, Page 3

PARLIAMENT

BUSINESS YESTERDAY HOUSE OT KEi'IUSSttNTATIVI'.S (Ity Telegraph) (From "The Mail's" Parliamentary Reporter) WKU.INUTON, 23iti July. Tim limine "f Representatives mi't. ;il 2.30 |).ni Notice nl' motion was given lor tin* setting up nl' sessional committees. When iln> Prime Minister gave notice I',,i- the selling U[i nl' :i l'lililic -Accounts Crmiinitlee consisting of twelve members, the Leader of the Opposition rais,.,l ~' p o i„i nf order on llin ground that the Opposition should hove another member on the Ci nit toe. Mr Conies siu'd ihni the arrangement for committees In which ten members were to be appointed was thai there should he five (Jnvemmeiit, three; Opposition, and two other members. He. thought, therefore, Ihal in the case of the Accounts Committee 'another Opposition member should lie appointed, seeing thai the Committee was to consist of twelve members. He I bought that the Government should have a majority on com mil tees, despite the peculiar stale of parlies in the House. The Prime Minister slated thai he would have another member of the Opposition unpointed to meet the point raised bv Mr Coates. Mr A". K. Ansell (Chalmers] gave notice lo ask the Minister of .Marine whether he will arrange lo send a man with commercial experience In Australia, with a view to developing a regular hade increase from New Zealand. Mr \\\ K. Tarry (Auckland Central) asked whether it 'was a fact thai the naturalisation fee ha<l been increased from £,2 lo £lO. The Minister of Internal Affairs (the 1 |.,ii. P. A. de la Perrelle) replied that, the increase was being made in conformity with the fee in the United Kingdom, 'lie. asked that a question be placed on the Order Paper in reference to various other points raised by Mr Parry. Mr I! Semple (Wellington East) asked the Minister nf Public Works whether j(, hail lome lo his notice that within ihe last lew days a number of men had been discharged from Tailu and Rimulaka road works, and what .steps he was hiking to secure employment for them. The Minister (Ihe Hon. E. A. Hansom) replied that he had not had the mailer brought under his notice, bin. he would make inquiries. He said he was taking steps to arrange for extra men lo be engaged in Wellington district in the very near future.