10 JULY 1920, Page 3

In the House of Lords on Wednesday, Lord Midleton brought

forward with great success the question of Government extrava- ganoe. He urged the Government to appoint commissioners with due authority to reduce, before the winter, the "exaggerated staffs" of the spending departments. Lord lnchcape also denounced the " megalomania " of the Government, and although the Lord Chancellor defended the Government with as much spirit as he could, ninety-five peers voted for Lord Midleton's motion and only twenty-three against it.