Committal to Select Committee

Mr Lim Yew Hock: Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That the Shop Assistants Employment Bill be referred to a Select Committee with Mr Speaker as Chairman and such Members as may be nominated by the Committee of Selection.

Mr J. M. Jumabhoy: I second it.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That the Shop Assistants Employment Bill be referred to a Select Committee with Mr Speaker as Chairman and such Members as may be nominated by the Committee of Selection.

Mr Lim Yew Hock: Mr Speaker, Sir, may I also move,

That the Report from the Select Committee on the Shop and Office Employees Bill in the last Session of the Legislative Assembly, as contained in Sessional Paper No. L.A. 6 of 1956, be referred to the Select Committee on the Shop Assistants Employment Bill.

Sir, I explained yesterday the reason for this motion. It is to enable the Select Committee to be appointed to have the benefit of the deliberations of that Select Committee.

Mr J. M. Jumabhoy: I second it.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That the Report from the Select Committee on the Shop and Office Employees Bill in the last Session of the Legislative Assembly, as contained in Sessional Paper No. L.A. 6 of 1956, be referred to the Select Committee on the Shop Assistants Employment Bill.