Housing Repairs and Rents Bill (Allocation of Time)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 February 1954.

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Photo of Sir Herbert Butcher Sir Herbert Butcher , Holland with Boston 12:00, 22 February 1954

If determination is to translate principles into practice, that is what the right hon. Gentleman did not do. He went on to say that this is an important Bill which affects 6 million people and that therefore it should be taken on the Floor of the House. But did his Government use that argument in respect of the National Insurance Bill, which not only affected people living in rented houses, but every inhabitant of this country?