The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : Westminster
has its Abominable Snowmen no less than Tibet. Their existence is made known on the last two Supply Days of the session, when the outstanding votes are taken late at night without discussion and when by two evenings' attendance a member can achieve the appearance of a respectable division record. The Snowmen generally escape notice at the time, but in the division lists published next day their tracks are plainly visible. Then they withdraw once more to their secret fastnesses, from which nothing but a three-line whip can dislodge them until July comes round again. Little is known as to their habits, but it is rumoured that they have a special retreat, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Pall Mall, which no ordinary mortal is allowed to enter.
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