21 JULY 1939, Page 3

* * * * The Labour proposal on the Agricultural

Development Bill on Tuesday for a minimum weekly wage of £2 for agricultural workers brought about a welcome change in the Chamber. Members debated with conviction and vigour to more than a handful of waiting orators. Mr. John Morgan suffers from stridency, but he is already a valuable re- inforcement to Labour in agricultural debates. Mr. Turton always knows his case and seems unlucky not to have had his talents recognised by now. Mr. de la Bere showed that he can transfer to a speech the characteristic style he has developed at question-time. The House as a whole appeared to think that the Government have not made the best of a bad job, but no Minister could have given that impression more pleasantly than Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith.