The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : The
Government rather unexpectedly had much the best of the day in the Censure debate on sanctions. It was a wise move to put up Sir John Simon to deliver the main counter-attack. He is easily the most formidable debater on the Treasury Bench, and on Tuesday he was at the top of his form. His quotations from Mr. Lloyd George's speeches and articles in the early days of sanctions were deadly. Mr. Lloyd George tried to cover up his confusion by taking copious notes, evidently intending to make a reply at once, but for him to have spoken twice on what was virtually the same debate would have occasioned considerable resentment, and wisely he decided to remain silent. After Sir John's brilliant display most of the sting went out of the Labour onslaught. What had at one time looked like a test-match attack degenerated into very ordinary club bowling.
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