– in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 December 1949.
Sir Frank Medlicott
, Norfolk Eastern
12:00,
8 December 1949
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce an Amendment of the law so as to ensure that, when an adopted child dies before the age of 21 years, any savings placed in his name by his adopting parents shall pass to those parents and not to the next of kin.
Mr James Ede
, South Shields
The Adoption of Children Bill provides that on any intestacy occurring after the commencement of the Act, adopted persons shall be treated as children of the adopters for the purposes of succession to property.
The amendment of the law motion relates to the chancellor's Budget statement.
It is a general resolution laid before the House of Commons by the chancellor of the exchequer.
It enables the financial changes proposed in the Budget statement to be passed into law.
The amendment of the law is moved formally at the start of the Budget debate and, together with the Ways and Means resolutions, is voted on at the end of this debate.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
