25 NOVEMBER 1949, Page 5

Some people have constitutional minds, some not. Those who have

were almost galvanised with astonishment when they heard the Minister of 'Transport, in the debate on the Festival of Britain on Wednesday, referring lightly to the projected "creation of additional peers by private enterprise." Even in 1911 they weren't going to do it that way. However, it turned out that what Mr. Barnes meant was piers—not beside the Tham.s bat in it. _Wats.