7 NOVEMBER 1947, page 2

National Assistance

The National Assistance Bill, published at the end of last week, clears up a confused situation. The Poor Law instituted in Tudor times made the local community responsible for......

Criminal Law Reform

The new Criminal Justice Bill largely reproduces the terms of the admirable measure introduced in the House of Commons by Lord Templewood, then Sir Samuel Hoare, in 1938 and......

Pronouncements On Palestine

There is very little sign in the statements on Palestine made by the American and Russian delegates at Lake Success during the past week of any will to face the realities of the......

Parliamentary Honour

In expelling Mr. Garry Allighan from membership of the House of Commons on October 3oth the House set something of a pre- cedent. Cases of expulsion have not been numerous ; the......

The Trouble In Kashmir

Though the military situation about Srinagar, thanks to the flow of airborne, reinforcements from Indian territory, is not desperate, the outlook in Kashmir permits of no......