Orders of the Day — ELECTRICITY (SUPPLY) BILL [Lords].

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am ar 25 Gorffennaf 1922.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Mr Jeremiah MacVeagh Mr Jeremiah MacVeagh , Down South

I beg to move, "That the Clause be react a Second time."

The object of this Clause is to take the place of Section 20 of the principal Act, and it is what is known as the stand-by Clause. The view taken by many of us in Committee was that Section 20 is not in reality a stand-by Clause, and does not achieve the object which the framers of a stand-by Clause have in view. It is agreed by all the authorities concerned that there should be a stand-by Clause, and this is really only a question of drafting. In Committee the Parliamentary Secretary very properly said he thought there was a great deal in the objection which had been taken, and between then and the Report stage he promised to consider whether an agreed Clause could not be arrived at which would give effect to the object we all have in common. I think the Clause on the Paper achieves that object.