Debate on The Technical Colleges Act

Official report · Assembly of SchwartzistanSession 1918 · col. 10633

The Speaker: The Order of the Day is the third reading of the Bill. The Minister has the floor.

Friedl Tiendiech (Minister of Education): I beg to move the third reading of the Bill, and I shall be brief. I am told the Bill is a small one. It is. Most Bills that concern children are. The printed Bill says it better than I can: Applies to children between 6 and 13. The Bill is in the hands of the House.

Roderik Brenn (The Osmoor; The Reed Party): Sir, The land pays for everything in the end. The Reed Party will vote as the land would vote if it could. The schools will do what the Bill says, as they do what every Bill says, and the children will not notice. The Osmoor has had a hard year. I say that not against the Bill but so that the Minister remembers it when the fees are fixed. My party will divide the House on the Bill. [The Line!]

Sigmund Brenn (The Sudmark; The Workers' Front): Mr. Speaker, There is not a word in the Bill about wages. There never is. I put the word in now, so that it is in the record. The Ministry's textbooks are the Ministry's and I have no observation to make on their contents. My constituents in The Sudmark wrote to me about the Bill, all 9 of them, and they were against it until they read it. I shall vote against the Bill. [Interruption.]

Viktor Wendholt (The Ostrand; The Reed Party): Mr. Speaker, The land pays for everything in the end. The Reed Party will vote as the land would vote if it could. The schools will do what the Bill says, as they do what every Bill says, and the children will not notice. My constituents in The Ostrand wrote to me about the Bill, all 9 of them, and they were against it until they read it. We shall divide the House. [Hear, hear.]

Oskar Hotfeld (The Sudmark; The Continuity Party): Sir, The Bill is in order. The Clerk has entered it. The Ministry of Chronology has seen it. I do not see what more the House requires. In The Sudmark, which I have the honour to sit for, the Bill will be read at the market cross and understood by half. The schools will do what the Bill says, as they do what every Bill says, and the children will not notice. I have the Bill before me and the House has it before it. I oppose the third reading. [Laughter.]

The Minister thanked the House for a short debate and asked for a short division.

The Speaker: The question is that the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. As many as are of that opinion say Aye. [Ayes.] Of the contrary, No. [Noes.] A division was claimed.

The Speaker: The Ayes have it. The Bill is passed and will go to the Grand Chancellor for assent.

The House proceeded to other business.