Sir Walter Womersley, The Minister Of Pensions, Is The Right

man in the right place. He talks in plain English and is not tainted with the aloofness which too often surrounds junior Conservative Ministers. He is well supported by Miss......

As I Write The House Is Listening To A Series

of small debates on Bills from different Departments. There are ten junior Ministers on the Front Bench, fifteen other Members in the House, and nine visitors in the......

Sending Children Overseas

The offers from the United States and the Dominions to receive British children for the duration of the war have been gratefully accepted by the British Government, which has......

Next Week We Shall Have More Important Statements And...

on the new Overseas Reception Board and on Agricul- ture, nor is there any serious diminution in the number of questions put to Ministers. In a word, Parliament is essential ;......

Japan Presents Demands

The disaster in France has had immediate repercussions in Cie Far East. Just before the surrender of the Bordeaux Government the French Ambassador in Tokyo accepted Japan's......

The Week In Parliament

Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : —These lines are written between two secret sessions, one on Home Defence held last Thursday and one on the Ministry of Supply, which......

Air-raids On Britain

The civilian population of this country is now keyed up to await whatever attempts the enemy may make to attack our homeland from the air. Already last week preliminary raids in......

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