The Prime Minister told the House of Commons on Thursday
week that he would make a considered statement of policy before the adjournment. In reply to complaints of his infrequent attendance, he said that a modern Prime Minister could not do his work and also lead the House of Commons. As for Ireland, he recalled the saying that, " when everybody agrees that something should be done, something foolish is done." Every scheme that was put forward met with violent opposition. Still, the Government would not shirk their responsibility. Finance, coal, " profiteering," trade policy, agriculture, had all to be considered. The situation was abnormal, and so grave that we should not recover save by united action as a 'people. Mr. Lloyd George accused the House of being far readier nowadays to increase expenditure than to check it. He had, he said, just received a petition signed by 380 Members for a grant of £4,800,000 a year for some proposal that he had never heard of before. The Prime Minister's reminder was needed. The House is no more thrifty by nature than the Government.
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