Orders of the Day — Machinery of Government Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 November 1964.

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Photo of Sir Elwyn Jones Sir Elwyn Jones , West Ham South 12:00, 19 November 1964

It permitted it to be done for a very short time, and the effect of the situation now requires, for the purposes of effective administration, that this amendment should be made to correct the unsatisfactory nature of the provisions of the 1957 Act. Theoretically, what has been suggested is, I think, accurate. I should like to consider the point again and give it further consideration at another stage.