The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : It
is to be hoped that the Prime Minister will use the opportunity of the minor 'reconstruction that will take place (hiring the 'Whitsun Recess to strengthen the debating side of his team. It is not equal to the new aggressive spirit of this Parliament. Under-secretaries who were reasonably competent in the last Parliament are manifestly ill at ease in the storms and stresses of these days. Members will not be put off with the Departmental reply. Nit demand specific and detailed answers to the points t hey raise, and if they do not get them, instead of accepting the situation, they "move to report progress." The result is that the Government is giving the appearance of continuously having to fight for its legislation with its back to the wall, instead of with the confident assurance t hat certainty of an overwhelming majority behind it confers.
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