1 JULY 1938, Page 7

The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : Question-time

on Monday provided a whole series of surprises and sensa- tions. A question from Sir Henry Page Croft, based upon what appeared to the Opposition as an outrageously scurrilous and ill-informed story of alleged atrocities by the Spanish Republican authorities, raised a lively discussion with the Speaker as to what questions are and are not permissible. The Opposition know from personal experience that it is not always easy to get all the questions they wish to ask upon the Order Paper. The understanding exists that a Member accepts responsibility for the questions he asks, but it is certainly a doubtful practice to attempt to obtain the publicity of Hansard for atrocity rumours.