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Business of the House.

– in the House of Commons am ar 17 Ebrill 1929.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Mr. MacDONALD:

Would the Foreign Secretary state what business the Government propose to take to-morrow and Friday?

Photo of Mr Austen Chamberlain Mr Austen Chamberlain , Birmingham West

The business will be:

Thursday: Estimates for the Dominions Office, Colonial Office, Empire Marketing, and Overseas Settlement will be considered in Committee of Supply.

Friday: Second Reading of the Agricultural Rates Bill; Gas Undertakings Bill (Lords), and, if there is time, other Orders on the Paper.

Ordered, That the Proceedings of the Committee of Ways and Means be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Sir A. Chamberlain.]

Second Reading

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