* * It seems to me to be rather absurd
to appeal to the Labour Party to observe the " gentleman's agreement " in regard to the Speaker. There is a " gentleman's agreement " between all parties which demands respect for the Speaker and ready response to his rulings, and which would make it a very uncongenial task for any candidate to stand against him in a constituency. But there is not the least reason why the Labour or any other Party should permanently acquiesce in an arrange- ment which means that in a given constituency they cannot effectively organize themselves or keep an existing organization alive. It would be a great mistake to represent the Labour Party decision in regard to Daventry as in any sense an attack on the Speaker. It should ht accepted as a legitimate request that better provision should be made for the Speaker. That seems to be the Cabinet's view.
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