LITTLE SAVING LIKELY

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 235, 23 December 1927, Page 9

LITTLE SAVING LIKELY

DEPARTMENTS TO STAY MR. BALDWIN’S STATEMENT By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. Noon LONDON, Thursday. The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, stated in the House that the proposal which was made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Winston Churchill, in his last Budget statement, that the Ministry of Transport, the Department of Mines,'and the Department of Overseas Trade should be abolished, could not be effected without legislation, except in the case of the Department of Overseas Trade. Mr. Baldwin said it would not be right to make demands on the time of Parliament which were out of all proportion to the actual saving likely to be elected. He said legislation was required to carry out the abolition of the Transport and Mines Departments, but unnecessary in the case of the Overseas Trade Department. He added that many requests had been received to retain all three departments, therefore it was evident that the legislation would be controversial and so must be considered in relation to the time available next | session. Mr. R. C. Morrison, Labour mem-

ber for Tottenham: That means that the departments will continue till time is found for legislation.

Mr. Baldwin: That seems a reasonable deduction. Mr. P. A. Harris, Liberal: Are we to understand that three Ministers retain their jobs? Mr. Baldwin: That is one way of putting it. I will rather say that, for the time being, they carry on. —A. and N.Z.-Sun.