The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : Ordinarily
the adjournment motion is used as an opportunity by the back-benchers to raise minor grievances of administration. The result is a series of quick-fire speeches on a variety of topics, and the interest is often sustained to the last. On Friday, however, the Opposition decided to raise foreign affairs, and there followed a debate which lasted all day. It was entirely a back-benchers' affair. They were able to deliver the speeches that they were prevented from doing in the great full-dress debates of the session. As Commander Fletcher wittily remarked, it reminded him of the "All England Plate, competed for at Wimble- don, which is arranged to enable those competitors who are not able to get a footing in the championship to have a little fun among themselves." * * *
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