Part of Orders of the Day — Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Bill – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 9 Ebrill 1948.
Mr William Hall
, Colne Valley
12:00,
9 Ebrill 1948
I beg to move, "That the Clause be read a Second time."
This Clause has been put down by agreement with the societies and companies affected. It is intended to meet criticisms of the lack of uniformity in the existing provisions and to complete the powers required by the registrar to obtain all the statistics that he may need from time to time. I should say that the Commissioner has no intention of calling immediately for a host of figures or of putting a great deal of additional work on the collecting societies and companies.
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