.* Many people have remarked on the increased vigour and
liveliness of the House of Commons since the war began. It is all the more unfortunate that the space given to Par- liament in the daily papers should be so drastically cur- tailed. The result is that many admirable speeches on topics of considerable interest receive no attention at all outside the Palace of Westminster. Mr. Clement Davies, who recently renounced the Government whip, is one of the chief sufferers. On several occasions he has been a most effective critic, and on Tuesday evening he celebrated his emancipation by a vigorous onslaught on the Govern- ment's failure to co-ordinate its economic policies. There is no more important question today, yet no one except readers of Hansard has any opportunity of reading more than scrappy fragments of Mr. Davies's speech.
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