16 DECEMBER 1938, page 3

On The Face Of It There Could Be No Great

objection to Captain Ramsay's Bill making it illegal for shares in news- papers or periodicals to be registered in the names of nominees. But a great many Members, particularly......

In 1934, And Again In 1937, There Were Angry Debates

in the House of Commons on the subject of money resolutions. It was said, and with considerable justification, that these resolutions were being drafted with so much......

This Week The House Has Listened To Two Excellent Speeches

from Mr. Tom Johnston ; the first on the Reorganisation of Scottish Offices, and the second on his motion for the Nationalisation of the Land. He speaks with an authority which......

The Dominions And Their Future Some Acrimonious But Quite...

criticism has been directed against Mr. Malcolm MacDonald for his suggestion in a speech on Tuesday that while nationalism in a British Dominion was good within limits, as an......

The Extra Year At School Mr. A. E. Henshall, Secretary

of the Education Committee of the National Union of Teachers, addressing a conference in Manchester on Saturday on the raising of the school age, claimed that the use that was......

Agricultural Policy The Meeting At Lincoln Last Week In...

an audience of 3,000 farmers continuously booed the Minister of Agri- culture for an hour and a half gave striking expression to popular dissatisfaction with the Government's......

The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

will be a lean session so far as legislation is concerned. Monday and Tuesday of this week were occupied by the Second Reading of the Cancer Bill and the Reorganisation of......

The Display Of Contraceptives A Bill Designed To Place Some

restriction on the sale of contraceptives will, it may be hoped, be given a second reading by the House of Commons this week. What the Bill does and does not aim at should be......