Orders of the Day — >clause 13. — (Validity and date of operation of Orders, etc.)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 5 Hydref 1944.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Mr Arthur Woodburn Mr Arthur Woodburn , Clackmannan and Eastern 12:00, 5 Hydref 1944

May I again appeal to the Minister to watch all these little twigs, which may grow into a hedge through which he will not be able to break in his efforts to get work done under this Measure? I shall not question the intentions of hon. Members who want to put in every protection for the individual, but this is an urgent matter, and if all these barriers are raised, which in a cumulative form will render the Bill unworkable, those who are responsible for the erection of those barriers will bear a heavy responsibility if work does not go forward under the Measure. The case of soldiers has been introduced. Men will be coming back who will want homes, others who will wish to establish their lives in new towns, and anything that delays them will not be excused on the ground that some individual is being protected at the expense of the interests of the great majority of the people