Debate on The Sealed Archive (Amendment) Act

Official report · Assembly of SchwartzistanSession 1974 · col. 15958

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

Anja Neitzvaur (Minister of Chronology): I beg to move that the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. I am asked why the Bill is necessary. It is necessary because the clockmakers have asked for it, and because the Ministry has agreed with them. I read the material clause to the House. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. The House will note that the Bill is an amending Bill; the principal Act, The Hochstadt Sealed Archive Act, is not otherwise touched. I move.

Hedwig Drexel (The Ostrand; The Reed Party): Speaker, The land pays for everything in the end. The Reed Party will vote as the land would vote if it could. My constituents in The Ostrand wrote to me about the Bill, all 3 of them, and they were against it until they read it. I have no observation on the reckoning of years, which is the Ministry's business and not mine. I have the Bill before me and the House has it before it. I support the Bill, with the reservation I have stated. [The Line!]

Arno Brundfeld (The Ostrand; The Reed Party): Mr. Speaker, I speak for the farms. A Bill that does not touch the farms is a Bill I can vote for with an easy mind; a Bill that does had better say so. I have no observation on the reckoning of years, which is the Ministry's business and not mine. The members for The Ostrand have met and are of one mind on the Bill, which does not happen often. The Bill should pass and I shall vote for it. [Interruption.]

Uwe Geten (The Sudmark; The Assembly Union): Mr. Speaker, The members for The Sudmark have met and are of one mind on the Bill, which does not happen often. 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. The clause is short and I shall not read it. The calendar is the calendar. The licence is a small thing to ask of a clockmaker, and the clockmakers have said so themselves. I support the Bill, with the reservation I have stated. [Hear, hear.]

Markus Voss (The Sudmark; 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. My constituents in The Sudmark wrote to me about the Bill, all 5 of them, and they were against it until they read it. The calendar is the calendar. The licence is a small thing to ask of a clockmaker, and the clockmakers have said so themselves. The schedule is plain enough. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. I shall vote against the Bill.

Lukas Brenn (The Osmoor; The Reed Party): Speaker, I speak for the farms. A Bill that does not touch the farms is a Bill I can vote for with an easy mind; a Bill that does had better say so. 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. The calendar is the calendar. The licence is a small thing to ask of a clockmaker, and the clockmakers have said so themselves. I have the Bill before me and the House has it before it. I cannot vote for the Bill as it stands and I shall not. [Interruption.]

Uwe Hallin (Westgau; The Continuity Party): Mr. Speaker, I have heard nothing in this debate that touches the record, and I should have heard it, because I listen for it. The Bill is in order. Westgau is content with it and so am I. [Interruption.]

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

The question being put, a division was called for, and the members went to the lobbies.

The Speaker declared the Ayes to have it and the Bill was passed.

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