The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : The
re- assembly of the House of Commons was marked at question time on Monday by renewed expressions Of alarm at the progress of German rearmament as reflected in the German estimates. The answers both of Sir John Simon and of the Prime Minister were taken to mean that the Government shares this anxiety and that the day of accelerating expansion of the British air force is drawing nearer. The rest of Monday's business lost interest owing to the absence of Mr. Elliot, the Minister of Agriculture, who has had to undergo a. minor operation and will be convalescing until the end of the month. In these circumstances Mr. Ormsby-Gore, who depu- tised for Mr. Elliot, could only oppose a plea for more time to criticism of some points in the marketing schemes, Later in the day Sir Hilton Young made an able review of the progress of housing policy. He has restored his position in the House and appears to have regained his self-confidence by his recent announcement of a new policy to deal with overcrowding, and the general anathemas of Mr. Greenwood fell very flat.
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