Sir Kingsley Wood is another Minister who, up to the
present, has been invariably successful. His appearance and manner are both disarming, though no one who has followed his career can have any doubt that he is one of the most formidable controversialists on the Government side. He never gives an opening to his opponents, and on Tuesday the most fervid Liberal or Socialist could find little to quarrel with in his review of the working of our social services. The debate was wound up by Mr. Bemays, whose promotion is Said to have caused much heart-burning among those who have served longer under Sir John Simon's banner. Called on to deal with purely administrative questions for the first time, he not only acquitted himself to the general satisfaction but showed an acquaintance with the Scriptures which (if it be possessed) is rarely displayed by his colleagues on the Treasury Bench. * * * *
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