11 MARCH 1949, page 3

At Westminster

T HE week has been marked and marred by the absence from the Chair of Mr. Speaker. His health is so consistently good that this is the first occasion since this Parliament began......

Everything Costs More

Each new estimate of Government expenditure in 1949-50 adds a few millions more to the sum which will have to be found by the taxpayers. Each new straw arouses fears that it may......

Mercy To Mothers

If the Bill requiring local authorities to provide every practising midwife with analgesic drugs and apparatus, and training in their use, attracted a smaller attendance last......

The Poles In Britain

The recommendations of the Select Committee which has been discussing expenditure on the Polish Resettlement Corps, and the assumption that they will be accepted by the......