THE PRIME MINISTER

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20259, 30 July 1937, Page 6

THE PRIME MINISTER

TO TOUR DOMINION. PREPARING FOR BEBBION. NATIONAL HEALTH SCHEME. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. Although no definite date has yet been fixed for the opening of the next session of Parliament, an indication that the Legislature would be called together about the end of August or early in September was given by the Prime Minister, Mr Savage, this evening. Mr Savage said the major policy meaures would be the Bills dealing with national superannuation and national health insurance, and if it were found necessary to continue the session into the early part of next year that would be done. Before the commencement of the session Mr Savage intends to visit as many parts of the Dominion as possible. He will visit Auckland to meet the Minister of Finance and Marketing, the Hon. W. Nash, on the latter’s return by the Mataroa on August 12. Mr Savage said that from now on until the session the Cabinet would be busy with the preparation of legislation. The Budget would be Introduced as soon as possible after the Address-in-Reply debate had been disposed of.

Much material dealing with the national health insurance and national superannuation schemes had been collected by Mr Nash, who had had talks with representatives of other nations. As soon as the legislation dealing with these proposals was in the necessary legal form it would bG introduced.