15 MARCH 1946, Page 4

Question-time in the House of Commons is often entertaining, sometimes

educational. Strange words appear which, unless the Minister happens to be interpretative, send Members flying to their dictionaries. I think I have already mentioned klondyked herring. Then on Monday someone asked learnedly about wet fish and submersal fish. A day or two earlier someone else was inter- rogative about lithopone. Not having been to my dictionary yet, I am still in darkness about both lithopone and submersal. But I do not solicit information ; the dictionary is quite close at hand.

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