22 MAY 1941, page 3

To All This It May Be Objected That Only Those

in charge know all the facts, that war demands swift and secret decisions, that partial criticism can never be more than a post-mortem, that " questions " and the fear of......

It Is Satisfactory, Therefore, That Many Members Are...

professional and industrial experience, their week-ends and odd moments to find out for themselves what are the real facts about production, about fire-watching, about......

Previous To A Debate On Production Energetic Attempts...

to give Regional Boards more direction and responsibility,' yet Mr. Ellis Smith and other Labour Members voiced their constructive opinions on this matter months ago. Is this......

An Astonishing Survival

Lord Mottistone made an astonishing disclosure on Tuesday regarding prisoners-of-war's pay. It appears that under a regulation dating back to the Napoleonic wars, while an......

The Prime Minister Has Given The House Of Commons And

the country full information on developments in the Mediter- ranean, and no information on the descent of Herr Hess. This meets with the general approval of the House of......

The Civil Service In War

Elsewhere in this issue appears the first of two articles in which a writer with considerable experience of the civil service from within and of dealings with it as a business......

The Week In Parliament

Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes: Every week that passes provides more and more proof that Parliamentary criticism is vital to the successful prosecution of the war. This......

Fire-service Reform

The only criticism to be made of Mr. Morrison's Fire Services (Emergency Provisions) Bill, which was passed through all its stages in. the House of Commons on Tuesday, is that......

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