COMING SESSION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 June 1938, Page 8

COMING SESSION

OPENING DATE JUNE 28 PRIME MINISTER’S PLANS . SUPERANNUATION AND HEALTH PROPOSALS (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. An announcement that Parliament would assemble for the dispatch of business at 2.30 pm. on Tuesday, June 28, was made last evening by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon M. J. Savage. The session, which is expected to last about three months, will be the last of the present Parliament. Last week it was stated by the Prime Minister that Parliament would meet on Wednesday, June 29, if there were no circumstances then unforeseen to prevent it. Mr Savage said last evening that in view of certain exigencies, chiefly the necessity for passing an Imprest Supply Bill before the end of June, Cabinet had considered it advisable to call Parliament together one day earlier. Members of both Houses of the Legislature had been officialy advised accordingly. “After the Imprest Supply Bill has been passed we will go ahead with the Address-in-Reply debate,” said Mr Savage. “We hope to have the Budget introduced'by the time this debate is finished so that we will then be able to go straight on with the financial debate Following the conclusion of discussion on the Financial Statement the way will be clear for the introduction of the legislation dealing with the Government’s superannuation and free health service proposals.” In reply to a question as to when the report of the special Parliamentary Committee which examined the social security proposals was likely to make its appearance, Mr Savage said it should be possible to present this document within, the first day or so of the session.