Debate on The Data Protection Act

Official report · Assembly of SchwartzistanSession 1918 · col. 10635

The Speaker: The question before the House is that the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. I call the Minister.

Bruno Fenn (Minister of the Interior): I beg to move the third reading of the Bill, and I shall be brief. The Bill is a Bill about drains, roads and lamps, and I shall not dress it up. The towns need it. The printed Bill says it better than I can: Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 884 marka. I ask the House to pass it.

Piet Krispaut (Kesselhöh; The Assembly Union): Mr. Speaker, The liberty of the subject is a large phrase for a small Bill, but I use it, because the Bill is small and the liberty is not. An officer under the Act: the phrase appears in every Bill from the Interior and means a man with a book and a bicycle. In Kesselhöh, which I have the honour to sit for, the Bill will be read at the market cross and understood by half. I cannot vote for the Bill as it stands and I shall not.

Gustav Diellhardt (The Osmoor; The Workers' Front): Sir, 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 members for The Osmoor have met and are of one mind on the Bill, which does not happen often. Drains, roads and lamps. The House will pass the Bill because the alternative is drains, roads and no lamps. The material provision is this: Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 884 marka. I ask the House to note it. I cannot vote for the Bill as it stands and I shall not. [The Line!]

Anton Testen (The Capital District; The Assembly Union): Sir, Every Bill of this kind adds a form, a fee and a clerk. The Assembly Union would like, once in a session, to pass a Bill that removes one. The members for The Capital District have met and are of one mind on the Bill, which does not happen often. An officer under the Act: the phrase appears in every Bill from the Interior and means a man with a book and a bicycle. I read the clause. Comes into force on 1 January 1919. My party will divide the House on the Bill.

Arno Brenn (Kesselhöh; 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. Drains, roads and lamps. The House will pass the Bill because the alternative is drains, roads and no lamps. I sit for Kesselhöh. The clerks there are few and the roads are long, and any officer the Bill appoints will spend a week finding the houses. I shall vote against the Bill. [Interruption.]

Magnus Brenn (Kesselhöh; The Continuity Party): Mr. Speaker, In Kesselhöh, which I have the honour to sit for, the Bill will be read at the market cross and understood by half. Order and record. That is the whole of my party's programme and I do not apologise for its shortness. The schedule is plain enough. Comes into force on 1 January 1919. An officer under the Act: the phrase appears in every Bill from the Interior and means a man with a book and a bicycle. I oppose the third reading. [Hear, hear.]

Leon Krunholt (The Ostrand; The Reed Party): Sir, The members for the reed districts will ask, as they always ask, what the Bill means for the harvest and the causeways. Drains, roads and lamps. The House will pass the Bill because the alternative is drains, roads and no lamps. In The Ostrand, which I have the honour to sit for, the Bill will be read at the market cross and understood by half. I cannot vote for the Bill as it stands and I shall not. [Shame.]

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

The Speaker put the question. The Ayes were challenged and the House divided.

The tellers reported the numbers to the Chair. The Speaker declared the Bill passed.

The remaining Orders of the Day were deferred and the House rose.