11 APRIL 1941, Page 3

Although no opposition exists—and there is no reason for an

organised opposition—critical faculties are still alive and Parliament is expressing itself through the courage and honesty of individual spokesmen, like Mr. Hely Hutchinson, who on the Budget debate took the whole House into his confidence and explained his private financial position. This is no time for party speeches, but,rather for a thorough-going Council of State.