29 MARCH 1935, Page 3

What the House of Commons needi is a man like

the late Mr. Pringle, with his unique power of putting points of order backed by encyclopaedic knowledge of the House of Commons procedure. Lord Winterton is the nearest approach to Pringle. He raised an im- portant question on the Business of the House, when the Prime Minister announced that on the Consolidated Fund Bill the subjects to be discussed would be maternal and infant mortality and national health insurance. Lord Winterton instantly, in order, as he said, " to safeguard the Liberties of the House," sought an assurance that it was still " open to any Honourable Member, who should catch the Speaker's eye, to raise any subject that is in order on the Consolidated Fund Bill."