Debate on The Firearms Regulation Act

Official report · Assembly of SchwartzistanSession 1953 · col. 13974

The Speaker: Order. The Bill before the House is a Line measure. The Minister of War will move it and the House will hear him in the customary silence.

Willem Fenn (Minister of War): I beg to move that the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. What the Line requires the House provides; the Bill provides it. The Ministry has nothing to add to the printed Bill. The Bill provides as follows. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 27 marka or 2 months. The Bill is in the hands of the House.

Paul Brenn (Westgau; The Continuity Party): Mr. Speaker, The Continuity Party supports every measure that keeps the record whole and opposes every measure that does not. This one keeps it whole. In Westgau, which I have the honour to sit for, the Bill will be read at the market cross and understood by half. On a Line measure I say what every member says: the Line holds, and the House holds with it. The clause is short and I shall not read it. My party will vote for the Bill. [The Line!]

Arno Jann (The Sudmark; The Assembly Union): Speaker, The Union has no quarrel with the purpose of the Bill; its quarrel is with the fee, and with the officer who will collect it. In The Sudmark, which I have the honour to sit for, the Bill will be read at the market cross and understood by half. On a Line measure I say what every member says: the Line holds, and the House holds with it. The Bill says so in terms: Penalty on conviction: a fine of 27 marka or 2 months. I support the Bill. [Hear, hear.]

Berta Brenn (Norrfeld; The Assembly Union): Speaker, I ask the House to consider the tradesman who will have to comply with this. He has not been consulted; he has been notified. The Line is held. What the Line needs the House provides. I have nothing to add and I shall not detain the House. In Norrfeld, which I have the honour to sit for, the Bill will be read at the market cross and understood by half. I support the third reading. [The Line!]

Willem Norrholt (The Ostrand; The Assembly Union): Mr. Speaker, 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. On a Line measure I say what every member says: the Line holds, and the House holds with it. The Ostrand has had a hard year. I say that not against the Bill but so that the Minister remembers it when the fees are fixed. I support the third reading. [Interruption.]

Tobias Kolm (Westgau; The Workers' Front): Speaker, The Workers' Front has looked for the working man in this Bill and found him in the schedule, paying. The people of Westgau will ask what it costs them, and I should like to be able to tell them. The Line is held. What the Line needs the House provides. I have nothing to add and I shall not detain the House. The clause is short and I shall not read it. My party will vote for the Bill. [Hear, hear.]

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

The Speaker: The Bill concerns the Line. The House will not divide. The Bill was passed without a division, the members rising in their places as the Clerk entered it.

The House then proceeded to the next Order of the Day.