Friday, June 19th, was spent by the Commons in discussing
the procedure in the Committee which is considering the Consumers' Council Bill. On Monday, the Minister of Labour moved the Resolution asking for further borrowing powers for £25 million for the Unemployment Insurance Fund, raising the debt to £115 million. An amendment proposed by the Opposition was defeated by 283 votes to 236. Miss Bondfield strained the patience of the House by giving a lecture on M. Rueff's theories of the causes of unemployment which had been given in two articles in The Times. On the same day the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Lloyd George, announced that they subscribed wholeheartedly to the principle of President Hoover's new proposal, and-that they were, in the Prime Minister's words for the Government, " prepared to co-operate in the elaboration of details with a view to giving it practical effect without delay." Mr. Snowden gave more details on Wednesday.
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