1 FEBRUARY 1946, Page 4

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One of the principal Parliamentary problems of the moment is congestion. There is no adequate time for the work to be done. There are so many Bills to be introduced, so many questions to be discussed, so many Members wanting to speak, so many Members incapable of making short speeches. I observe that on Monday a back-bencher, Mr. Zilliacus, the Member for Gateshead, rose at 6.28 p.m. and resumed his seat at 7.2o. There are something like 500 back-benchers in the House. And there are roughly 61 hours in the Parliamentary day, apart from Questions. So what?

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