28 FEBRUARY 1941, page 3

Whatever The Decision And The Voting, The Position Of...

ment is not satisfactory. A building without many people and . any parties is not a Parliament. Yesterday many of those who put down " Questions " on the Order Paper failed to......

Lard Samuel Raised Some Important Points Of...

his opening speech in the House of Lords. Lord Reith outlined the framework of his Ministry. He is to give general guidance and supervision on planning ; a central planning......

But The House Of Commons Is Less Concerned With The

personal and more worried by the constitutional position. I now hear that if Lord Halifax had happened to be in the Commons, it is doubtful whether he could have retained his......

Sir Kingsley Wood Has Returned To The War Damage Bill

with a bundle of carefully considered concessions. The small group of members who have followed the detailed amendments of this complicated measure deserve all praise.......

The War Damage Bill

In view of the magnitude of the measure and its highly tech- nical difficulties the War Damage Bill may be held to have had an extraordinarily quick passage through all stages......

Sunday Theatres

The opening of theatres on Sundays is a controversial question, but the Home Secretary's decision to permit the inno- vation has aroused surprisingly little criticism. The......

The Week In Parliament

Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes: It is now clear that the issues raised by Mr. MacDonald's retaining his seat while acting as High Commissioner are more and more......

War In The Air

Sir Archibald Sinclair gave an inspiriting account of the aims, achievements and growing strength of the air forces in an address to the English Speaking Union last Tuesday. He......

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