Part of Orders of the Day — PARLIAMENT (No. 2) BILL – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 April 1969.
I do not know if my hon. Friend realises that the Under-Secretary expressed the view when we last debated this matter that the ejusdem generis rule did not apply. In a brief intervention he forecast that we would be told by a Law Officer what the true position would be. I hope that such a declaration will be made by the Solicitor-General.