* * * * Parliament
Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : The past week has seen the final passage of that troublesome measure, the London Passenger Transport Bill, against which 46 of the Government's supporters voted in the division on the Third Reading. Mr. Pybus, the Minister in charge of the Bill, does not carry very heavy Parlia- mentary guns, and has had the bad luck to be subjected to a succession of nasty barrages ever since he took office. Nor did Colonel Ileadlam, who was brought in to reinforce him, do much better, and the Attorney-General seemed lukewarm in his recommendation of other people's children. Had it not been for the unequivocal support of Sir Robert Home, the Bill might have had an even rougher passage, but the ex-Chancellor's scorn of the critics who have sought to give the Bill the bad name of Socialism and hang it was very effective.
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