23 MAY 1925, Page 2

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debate by promising that the Bill should be taken in Committee of the whole House, and there would thus be opportunities for amendment. He disagreed with Sir Robert Home, Who was too pessimistic about trade And who had underestimated the possibility of relief to the rates. But in any case the Government had made promises and they had been right to keep them. The thing was worth doing, and the risk was worth taking. In the division the Government had a majority of 276, We may add here that on Thursday Mr. Churchill published a • statement of his proposed modifications of the silk duties.

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