28 JANUARY 1938, page 3

* * The Problem Of The Absentee Member Is Not

a new one. There is, indeed, a statutory duty of attendance, dating from the reign of Richard II. Under Henry VIII it was enacted that any member who returned home before the......

The Gazette Gives The Names Of All Members Who Have

taken part in 40 or more divisions. There are 351 in the list. Add to these the Speaker and the Chairman and Deputy- Chairman of Ways and Means, who do not vote, and there......

A United Church ?

The report on the reunion of the Churches produced by a joint conference of Anglicans and Free Churchmen will serve as focus for a good deal of useful discussion in the......

Political Notes Our Parliamentary Correspondent Writes :...

absentees from divisions in the House of Commons gets less attention than it deserves. It is bad enough for Members to vote on questions they have not heard discussed ; it is......

Advertisement And Opinion A Page Advertisement Which...

week's Spectator and a few other papers is the subject of a rather curious controversy. The advertisement, which was inserted by the British Medical Association, asked the......

The Coal Industry Part Ii Of The Government's Coal Bill

may be open to criticism on points of detail and procedure, but in its main purpose, the reorganisation of the coal industry, it is not. And there is little or no reason to......