22 JULY 1949, page 3

Colonial Welfare

It is perhaps not altogether surprising that one of the most popular fallacies about Britain, to be found at home as often as abroad, is that the mother country draws direct......

At Westminster

I T is not for any Member of the House of Commons to question the decisions 'of the Speaker. Having made their own rules, they elect him to see that they are kept. Nevertheless,......

National Parks—nearly

Considering the report stage of the National Parks Bill on Tuesday the House of Commons gravely decided that it should be a penal offence to put up a " Beware of the BuU" notice......

Congress Troubles

Most of the difficulties which would face Congress after the British had left India could be, and were, foreseen. But this did not mean that it was always possible to neutralise......