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ho 1615 Planning Groce (THe Pasme Mosisten we 4; certainly I have had them many times arise—if he had had those powers, they would not be where they are today. But what would have been the consequences, if he had had these powers, 10 British Greedom and the rights which this House 69 far has always been determined to defend? J} want to make one thin, quite c:ear before I sit dows, I would never willing to be Prime Minister of a Gov. ernment which asked those powers of this House. mth ae! . - The Pariiamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. P. G. TT. Buchaa- Hepburn) : } beg to ask Jeave to withdraw the Motion, +" =. : . ; Motion, by leave, with BO Gi Ss ow : ORDERS OF THE DAY 7." EXPIRING LAWS ° ” CONTINUANCE BILL ~ Read a Second time, °" ” “Committed to a Commitice of the whole House. {Colonel J. H. Harrison} * Committee Tomorrow. “EXPIRING LAWS? "+ CONTINUANCE [MONEY] > Considered in Committee under Siand- ing Order No, 84 (Money Committees). ~ IQueen's Recommendation signified} —~ [Sit Cases MacAxpnew in the Chair] Resolved. bw seuct Beebo ai 2 That, for ‘the’ purposes of any Act of the pown Setsion to continue certain expiring wi. it i expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parlament of such eapenset as may be occasioned by the con- tinvance of the Cotton Manufacturing Industry (emporary Provisions) Act, 1934, the Road ‘Trafic Act, 934, and” the "Population (Statistics) Act, 1938, until che thiny rst day of Ozcember, nineteen hundred ani fifty-aiz: and of the Rent of Furnished Houses Contr Scotland) Act, 1943, the Furnished Houses Rent Control) Act, 1946, and the Licensin: Ac. 1953, until the thiny-firt day March, agineteen hundred . and fifty-seven, being expenses which under any Act are to be Gefrayed out of such moneyt.—{Mr. H. 4 Resolution to be feporied Tomorrow. Dw . a Lenaik: OI ee eae a wee 7 NOVEMBER 1955 *- Bedford Coflegd . 1616 ME Ce oe meng oat Pied PLANNING AND] DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, BEDFORD COLLEGE Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do sow adjourn.—~ {Colonel J. H. Harrison) ° 9.59 pm ere hE ne . Mr. Austem Alba (Edmonton): The matter which I wish to raise is, ¥ think, @ most extraordinary gloss on the debate which we have just conducted. ¥ hope that the Parliamentary Secretary, in his reply, will deal with the matier ia the same liberal terms as those used by his right hon, Friends the Foreign Secretary and the Prime Minister, use the matter with which we are concerned is & very similar one. It might, in fact, be said that this is the Burgess and Maclean case in reverse. J hope, therefore, that the Parliamentary Secretary wil! adopt the same sort of attitude towards it as was adopted by the Prime ister in his peroration & few moments ago.-_.. To put the House in possession of the facts, may 1 say that this arose out of a conference held on 28th September on fegional planning and development at Bedford ecttege. This conference had its origin in a SyMposium—= ng, - tt being Ten o'clock, the Motion for the Adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put. rormat at? - Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjoura—{Mr_ E. Wakefield} 87) cme tet: Mr. Alba: The symposium at the Imperial Institute in 1953 was attended by about 300 persons with academic and professional qualifications in the fields of architecture, sociology, economics, age- culture, community development and town planning. The purpose of the con- ference was to try to set up a centre to improve the means of co-operation and exchange of information between ple engaged in the very broad fields of regional planning ‘and. development throughout the world. weay Etats As a result of the symposium there was st up & preparatory committes, which Gnally consisted of 16 persons. Ia view of the accusations which bave been implied by the Government against the sons organising the conference, may Pay right away that at the most there Were three members of, that, committee the mS pile ‘ai it 8. on i | |