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Parliament reassembled on Tuesday. In the House of Commons there
was not much of interest. We are glad to record that Mr. Harcourt refused to consider the adoption of the system of meat tickets. As German experience has proved, tho system shortens supplies. It is easy to fix a price and allot a certain amount of food to each person, but the only thing worth doing is to encourage production, and those methods in practice discourage it. Mr. .Asquith said that ho had no information to give as to the appoint- ment of a new Secretary tor War. After questions the House discussed the National Insurance votes.
