Legislation, as is inevitable on the eve of a Summer
Recess, is being passed at a great pace. A Bill of nearly 300 clauses was carried through its Committee stages and given a third reading in less than ten minutes on Monday night. It was, of course, quite non-controversial, but it was alarming to contemplate what would have been the result if the Opposition had decided to obstruct it. I wonder how the great Radical Governments before the War ever secured any hotly contested legislation at all when I see the enormous opportunities that still remain for a determined and ruthless opposition to delay the passage of public business. It is only fair to add that the Opposition throughout the spring and summer has never once indulged in anything that could be legitimately called organised obstruction.
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