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things into the Bill. Therefore, if I may say so, this point has 

 really been raised under a misapprehension. There is nothing 

 in the amendment with which we could not all agree, but in 

 asking that the names of every one concerned should be entered 

 in the Bill, I think we are asking for what Parliament would not 

 be able to give." 



Mr Richardson. — " I do not quite agree with that. Why is it 

 necessary to define what the nature of the consultative bodies 

 is to be if it is not necessary to define what the qualifications 

 of the Commissioner and the Assistant Commissioners are 

 to be?" 



Sir Hugh Shaw-Stewart. — "Seeing it is quite impossible to 

 get all the details in the Bill, would Mr Richardson not be 

 satisfied with a motion to the effect that a small Committee of 

 the Council be instructed to keep a watch over the Bill during 

 its passage in Committee and see that the claims of Scotland 

 are in no way overlooked ? Would he not change his amend- 

 ment for some such words as these? That would meet his 

 case." 



Mr Milne Home. — " Under Section 6 of the Bill, sub-section 2, 

 doesn't it give a guarantee that persons having practical 

 experience of matters relating to forestry would be appointed, 

 and under another sub-section representatives of Labour?" 



Lord Lovat. — " I was instructed by Mr Acland, with Colonel 

 Fothringham, who is here too, to attend this meeting and see 

 exactly the sort of points that might be raised, such as have 

 been raised by the mover and seconder of this amendment. 

 May I say straight away that these are obviously committee 

 rather than Bill points, which you can't put into the Bill? 

 It is very rare indeed, in fact I think there is hardly a case 

 where the actual members of any Commission are named before 

 that Commission comes before the House. You must obviously 

 see that the mere naming of any single individual for any post 

 must make very few friends and a great many enemies for the 

 people who put him there. Therefore, that would be quite 

 impracticable. On the question of having practical men, 

 I would like to assure the mover and seconder that this matter 

 has been fully discussed by the Committee at practically every 

 meeting we have had. We were absolutely of the opinion that 

 the words 'practical men,' which occur twice in the course 

 of the Bill, were put in with the definite purpose of ensuring 



