Sir Austin Hudson: I suggest that we should consider at the same time, the new Clause in the name of the hon. Member for Midlothian (Mr. Pryde), "Exemption of Highland Games from Entertainments Duty"; the new Clause in the name of the right hon. Member for West Bromwich (Mr. Dugdale), "Exemption of Association football matches from Entertainments Duty"; the new Clause in the name of the hon. Member for...
Sir Austin Hudson: That is so.
Sir Austin Hudson: I suggest that at the same time we should discuss the next proposed new Clause in the name of the same hon. Member, "Relief from profits tax for development of new metalliferous mines within the United Kingdom", and also the proposed new Clause in the name of the hon. Member for West Lothian (Mr. J. Taylor), "Exemption from excise duty of Scottish shale oil".
Sir Austin Hudson: Does the right hon. Member for Huyton (Mr. H. Wilson) wish to move the Amendment, in page 50, line 11, at the end add: (3) No securities to which this section applies shall be sold by or to a person under sixteen years of age.
Sir Austin Hudson: Order. The hon. Member can only discuss what is in the Clause. We have dealt with the things which hon. Members wanted to put into it, and they have been voted upon. Now the hon. Member can only go into the question whether the Clause should stand part of the Bill or not.
Sir Austin Hudson: That is not quite accurate because no Amendments have been made to the Clause. All that can be argued is that the Clause, as such, shall stand part of the Bill, not that other things should be put in.
Sir Austin Hudson: Order. We really cannot re-discuss the Amendments. The hon. Member can discuss what is in the Clause at the present moment. I agree that it is a narrow discussion.
Sir Austin Hudson: The hon. Gentleman cannot again go into the question of the Co-operative societies. We have discussed that subject already.
Sir Austin Hudson: I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman is out of order. We have disposed of the Amendment about the Co-operative societies. The Committee has come to a decision on that.
Sir Austin Hudson: The hon. Member would have been in order if Co-operative societies had been dealt with in the Clause. They are not in the Clause. They have been left out deliberately by the Committee.
Sir Austin Hudson: That is a very ingenious argument. I have to follow the rules of the Committee, and it has always been the rule that if a decision has been taken on an Amendment it cannot be debated again. In this case I thought the hon. Member was debating the question of the Co-operative Society again. If he narrows the argument down to the fact that this is a bad Clause because it is against the...
Sir Austin Hudson: That is exactly what we were discussing upon the Amendment. The hon. Member must return to the subject of the Clause as it stands.
Sir Austin Hudson: That has nothing to do with me. It is not relevant to the Clause.
Sir Austin Hudson: The hon. Member is merely making his speech at the wrong time. He should have spoken, if he had caught the Chairman's eye, during the debate on the Amendment, and not on the Question, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill". On this Question I have to carry out my duty of making Members keep to the point of what is in the Clause, and not what they hoped would be in it but is not because the...
Sir Austin Hudson: Certainly, if the matter has already been discussed and decided by the Committee.
Sir Austin Hudson: He would on a general discussion of the point. I am sorry, because there is a difficulty on occasions such as this. I do not want to make the hon. Member sit down, but it is clearly laid down by the House that if an Amendment has been discussed and voted upon, or disposed of in some other way, it cannot again be argued; it is finished with. The hon. Member can deal with what is in the Clause...
Sir Austin Hudson: The right hon. Gentleman is going a little too far. I am in some difficulty in ruling a certain matter out of order because I do not know what the goods are, but I think that he is going a little too wide.
Sir Austin Hudson: I was not a member of the Standing Committee, and my reason for taking an interest today is that I have had a communication from my constituency from people who run these small lotteries expressing apprehension that 7½ per cent. is not enough. I have no conscience in the matter at all; I voted for the Bill. The important question is that of the cost of printing. My hon. Friend the Member for...
Sir Austin Hudson: I think that it will be for the convenience of the Committee if, with this Amendment, the following Amendments are considered: In page 3, line 5, at end add: (6) The number of members of the Court may be increased by order of the Board of Trade. The power to make such order shall be exercisable by statutory instrument and such order shall be of no effect until it is approved by Resolution of...
Sir Austin Hudson: There are a number of Amendments which go together and relate to the matter we are now discussing. Perhaps it would be convenient if we also discussed the Amendment in line 34, after "than" to insert: eighteen and not less than together with the Government Amendment in the same line to leave out "nine" and to insert "ten"; the Amendment in the name of the hon. Member for Middleton and...
