2 MAY 1941, Page 3

The Week in Parliament

Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes: The Prime Minister has broadcast to the world and announced figures about the evacuation from Greece. Meanwhile it has been agreed to hold a debate on the general conduct of the war. In announcing this fact on Tuesday the Prime Minister also read out the carefully worded terms of a resolution. I cannot believe that the resolution was meant to imply a vote of confidence. That is not the mood of the House of Commons at all. Any debate at this juncture must be in the nature of discussions by a Council of State, perhaps a pooling of criticisms and construc- tive proposals. There will be frank and realist speeches made from every side of the House.

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