7 JULY 1939, page 7

The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

Churchill be invited to join the Cabinet? On the whole M.P.s are less sanguine than the political correspondents of the London dailies. If Mr. Chamberlain were disposed to......

In Recent Weeks There Has Been A Noticeable Increase In

the number of questions to the Colonial Secretary. Several Members have become alarmed at the encroachments on the liberty of the subject in various parts of the Colonial......

The Bressey Report And The Conclusions Of The House Of

Lords Select Committee on Road Accidents formed the principal stock-in-trade of those who took part in Wednesday's debate on the Ministry of Transport vote. Miss Megan Lloyd......

Tuesday Was Given Over To The Annual Debate On The

work of the Department of Health for Scotland. Scottish Members frequently complain of the inadequate time and attention devoted by Parliament to Scottish affairs. But they show......

The Thetis ' Inquiry Though It Is Impossible To Forecast

the future course of the ' Thetis ' inquiry, there are several points which emerge from the evidence given by Captain Oram and Lieutenant Woods which suggest the topics on which......

Unity Of Command In France Lord Gort's Contemplated Visit To

Paris, coupled with Mr. Hore-Belisha's recent conversations there with General Gamelin and others, show how close • at the moment is Franco-British military co-operation. The......

The Criminal Justice Bill The Postponement Of The Final...

of the Criminal Justice Bill until after the Summer Recess is a matter of the greatest regret. If the delay is due, as it may well be, solely to time-table considerations and......

Reserves Of Food And Materials A Pamphlet Published By The

Air Raid Defence League on " Food in War Time " is a valuable reminder of our dependence on imported food and the urgent necessity of accumulating reserves on a large scale.......