The Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, which was read a second
time in the House of Commons en Monday, and was carried by 199 votes to 57, is rightly named, inasmuch as it deals with a multitude of subjects, small and great. One clause enables the British Museum Trustees to charge for admission. Another clause empowers the Ministry of Health to upset its bargain with the local authorities in regard to housing schemes. A third clause, by annulling certain clauses in an Act of last year, virtually puts an end to the continuation schools which have now been established in London. A fourth clause makes it optional for parents to send their children to school at the age of, five. These economies were proposed by the Geddes Committee. But Sir Donald Maclean justly complained that the Committee's proposal to abolish the unneeded Ministry of Transport, which costs £212,000 a year, had been ignored.
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