Orders of the Day — Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932.

– in the House of Commons at on 24 May 1937.

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Resolved, That the Order made by the Secretary of State under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending section one of that Act to the urban district of Coulsdon and Purley, which was presented on the 21st day of April, 1937, be approved.

Resolved, That the Order made by the Secretary of State under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending section one of that Act to the borough of Deal, which was presented on the 21st day of April, 1937, be approved.

Resolved, That the Order made by the Secretary of State under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending section one of that Act to the borough of Gillingham, which was pre- sented on the 21st day of April, 1937, be approved."—[Sir J. Simon.]

The remaining Orders were read, and postponed.

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