23 FEBRUARY 1940, page 3

Several Members Are Concerned About The Position Of...

appear before Hardship Committees seeking a postponement of their military service. The procedure is laid down in regulations issued by the Ministry of Labour. At first the......

The Week In Parliament

Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes: This has been a lively week in the House of Commons. The distinguished strangers who sat in the Galleries at question-time on Tuesday saw......

There Were No Surprises During The First Day's Debate Re

Old Age Pensions. Mr. Walter Elliot is always master of his subject, but, like a precocious schoolboy at the head of his form, he suffers from too great a desire to impart in-......

Feeding The Factories

The new training-centre plans for turning unemployed men into semi-skilled workers in vital industries will serve a double purpose. In the first place, they will pro- vide work......

The Muddle In Coal Distribution

The Labour Party were abundantly justified in forcing the attention of the Government to the breakdown in the distribution of coal when the severe cold weather was at its......

Mr. Hore-belisha's Journalism

The questions asked in the House of Commons on Wednesday regarding the censoring of an article by Mr. Hore-Belisha in a Sunday newspaper appear little calcu- lated to serve any......