MAY BE BRIEF

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1940, Page 6

MAY BE BRIEF

NEXT STAGE OF SESSION RESUMPTION ON TUESDAY NEXT, i PROSPECTIVE LEGISLATION. (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Parliamentary session will be resumed next Tuesday afternoon, following an adjournment of a month. The duration of this stage of the session will be determined by circumstances. but before the adjournment was taken at the end of August the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, expressed the view that it would be brief. After formal business on Tuesday tributes will probably be paid to the memory of the late Mr A. E. Jull. M.P. for Waipawa. and Mr John Anstey. a former member of both the House of Representatives and the Legislative Council. These will be followed by a short adjournment as a mark of respect.

Should members desire another secret session for discussion on the country's war effort, one will probably be held during the coming week. This would give them an opportunity to hear and discuss the developments in the war situation since the House last met in secret.

Measures that will possibly be introduced include an Excess Profits Tax Bill, a Native Purposes Bill, a Small Farms Amendment Bill, dealing with the settlement of discharged soldiers on the land: an Orchard and Garden Diseases Amendment Bill, which deals with Citrus canker and extends various powers; a Termites Bill, which contains provisions relating to the control of the white ant pest; and a Shops and Offices Amendment Bill, which will include the clause authorising the Court of Arbitration to fix the opening and closing hours of shops and which was withdrawn from the Statutes Amendment Bill when that legislation was before the House in August. A statement that this would be done was made by the Prime Minister at the time the clause was withdrawn. The question of pensions for members of the Mercantile Marine who suffer war disability and their dependants will also probably be the subject of legislation. It is expected that this will be similar to that which at present applies to the members of the armed forces and their dependants. An Agricultural Emergency Regulations Confirmation Bill, which simply confirms regulations made under the AgricuL ture (Emergency Powers) Act, will also probably be introduced, and the Insurance Companies Bill, which has been before the Statutes Revision' Committee for some time, may be reported back from the committee and proceeded with. A caucus of members of the Parliamentary Labour Party has been called for Saturday.