Clause 1. — (Substitution of Departments for Boards of Health and Agriculture and Prison Commissioners for Scotland.)

Part of Orders of the Day — Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Bill. – in the House of Commons am ar 9 Gorffennaf 1928.

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Photo of Mr George Hardie Mr George Hardie , Glasgow Springburn

I take it that the right hon. Gentleman is referring to what I said and I think he is, unintentionally, misrepresenting what I said. I was pleading that the expert should not be shut out as he is to-day. It is not a question of saying that the expert is to decide. We are still dealing with administration and my speech was based on the idea of retaining the body which is going to give you the largest number of people who can take in expert views. There is no good in presenting expert views of farming, for example, to those who know nothing about the subject.