No one enjoyed himself more on Monday, when the Currency
and Bank Notes Bill was considered, than Sir John Simon. He is at his best when he returns to the role of leading counsel. His exposition of this complicated technical measure was brilliant. He may have been supplied with a first-rate brief, but he knows how to use it better than anyone else in the House. Captain Wallace gives one the impression that he is never quite the master of his subject. He showed up badly after his chief. Mr. Graham White gave proof once again that, despite their numbers, the Liberal Party can always find someone to put their case with ability. There was no opposition to the Bill and, after the Chancellor had spoken, at no time was there more than a score of Members present. Business was finished at half-past six ; it was sur- prising that no one seized the chance for a debate on the adjournment.
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