COMMONS MEMBERS
HOLDING OFFICE FOR PROFIT. AUTHORISING BILL PASSED. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, March 4. In the House of Commons, the Disqualification (Temporary Provisions) Bill, which provides that a member of the Commons may retain his seat if he is appointed to an office for profit under the Crown when it is certified by the Prime Minister that such appointment is in the national interest for the prosecution of the war. passed the committee stage and the third reading today. Criticisms of the Bill were made in committee, but only one amendment was pressed to a division. This amendment sought to limit the term of appointment of any member to one year, and was defeated by 155 votes.
The War Damage Bill passed its second reading in the House of Lords.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 March 1941, Page 5
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