Major Walter Elliot, for the Unionists, moved the rejection of
the Bill. He warned the Government of the demoralizing effect of the benefits for boys. It had been said in justification that very few boys would be unemployed, but if that were true the Government were " snatching sixpences from children" for the support of other people and implanting in children the unem- ployment spirit. " When you talk war, you get war. When you talk unemployment, you get unemployment." As for the " genuinely seeking work " problem, some people were saying that the onus of proof was shifted, and others were saying that it was not. " Surely the unhappy applicants ought to know where they stand." Mr. Lloyd George was in his best form passing from one animated metaphor to another. Having promised to vote for the Bill, he raked it fore and aft.
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