22 OCTOBER 1932, page 3

Parliament At Work Our Parliamentary Correspondent Writes...

Ottawa debates were begun in the right spirit in the House of Commons on Tuesday. None of the principal speakers forgot argument for or against the agreements in favour of......

Married Women's Nationality The League Assembly Has Once...

before it the vexed question of the nationality of married women. The whole problem was reviewed by the Conference for the Codification of International Law, in 1930, and......

Cheap Food The Price Of Bread Was Reduced This Week

to 7d. per quartern, and meat at Smithfield was 2d. a pound cheaper, The latest official cost-of-living index is 43 per cent. above that of 1914, and shows a fall of 2 per cent.......

Slum Clearance At A Profit We Must Congratulate The St.

Pancras House Improve- ment Society on the completion of a third block of flats for very poor people on its Somers Town estate. These 35 flats, well equipped but let at modest......

The Curse Of Quotas Tariffs Are Bad Enough. Quota Systems,

imposing absolute restrictions on the quantity of imports, are still more effective in stifling international trade. Their alleged aim is, by securing a favourable trade......

" The Success Of The First Day's Debate Was Undoubtedly

the speech of the Prime Minister. Improved health showed in his every word and gesture, and he appeared more at ease in the House of Commons than at any time since the General......