Part of Orders of the Day — Dog Racecourse Betting (Temporary Provisions) Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 March 1947.
Mr Charles Royle
, Salford West
12:00,
21 March 1947
I sincerely hope that my right hon. Friend will not accept this Amendment. The right hon. and gallant Member for North Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Sir C. Headlam) suggested that this change would be a boon to the workers. It may be a boon to those who desire to attend a dog track, but it will not be a boon to those who do not desire to go to a track. I am concerned about the workers who wish to get home when the pressure on transport is at its heaviest on a Saturday, and I should have preferred to have seen the word "two" inserted, instead of "one," so that workers who did not desire to attend a dog track could get home in reasonable comfort.
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