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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 75, 19 November 1931, Page 5

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sJTI-DUMPING BILL ommons adop't'special procedure to pass measure eference for dominions

- .. -jjugBY, Tuesday. 5 time is to be lost in passing lgh ti) e various stages in both fces of' Parliament the bill to deal the abnormai Q# imports Britain, which was outlined in House of Commons yesterday by Walter Runcimau. Prpsident of ' Board of Trade. ; the Bill will b'e a revenue proig measure a financial resolution to be passed in the Committee /"ays and Means of the House. of mons, and Iboth in the committee report stages of the House. iis resolution was taken at tos sitting. 4- special au£hqrisation esolution of the House was nec•y to enable this to be effected, was moved by Mr. Raldwin. hen these preliminaries are cpm;d the Bill will be rpad a first to-night, the second reading will iken to-morrow, and the third on •sday. is anticipated that the House of ls will pass the Bill through all 23 on Friday, and that it will res the Royal assent on Friday t. Exceptional Procedure 5 under the ordinary procedure of House of Commons dealing with cial business the Bill will take. a tight to pass into law the legislaannounced by Mr. Runciman, Government to-day received the oval of the House for exeeption•ocedure for moving a resolution

mimittee of Ways and Means tot. r. Runciman said that when the rtations were first brought tb Government's notice they were ptional, but they had sjpce'in;ed in volume considerably. Ulithose circumstarices the' Goverri- ; was bound to take steps which escribed yesterday. le resolution by Mr. Baldwin was jd by 396 votes to 51. "Government Afraid." ijor C. R. Atlee (Labour) in op[g the anti-dumping resolution ght, stated the emergency pro-i-e was adopted only because the irnment was afraid of a full del on the sweeping* change in the L system and its pffects. ajor L. Hore-Belisha (Liberal) ■the Government was not propos- | permanent change in the fiscal |m. Whether this came or not |)wn trade and currency must be fected in the mpantime. There §d be no complaint in that conlon from the Dominions. When IBill was issued there would be prence of 100 per cent to the Dolons.