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 Osbert Peake
, Leeds North
12:00,
21 March 1947
I am sorry that the right hon. Gentleman was unable to accept the Clause. I see his difficulty about the definition of "mainly holiday resorts," but would he please consider before the Bill goes to Another place whether it is not desirable to insert a proviso to bring the operation of the Bill to an end, not generally, but in particular areas? Customs as regards holidays and half-holidays vary all over the country. The right hon. Gentleman may well find that there will be areas where two meetings on a Saturday will do more to stop production than a meeting in mid-week. If the right hon. Gentleman takes power to terminate the Act, and then goes on to terminate any section of it, he might also consider having power to terminate its operation as regards specified areas.
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