Mr. D. Herbert was the first speaker for the Unionist
malcontents. He described the Bill as unpractical, politically, financially and technically. An immense and only theoretically limited credit was being engaged at the worst time. The theorists who had drawn up the scheme were able men, but they had had no practical expe- rience. In his view the Bill was worse than nationaliza- tion, because it placed the control of the industry in the hands of a body not directly responsible to Parliament. Another Unionist, Sir Charles Wilson, said that the Bill would nauseate if it did not disrupt the Unionist Party. Such attacks seemed more damaging than they really were, because the opponents of the Bill had the oppor- tunity Of getting in all the earliest blows. Sir Herbert "tnnliffe, Lord Apsley and Corainander Burney all rallied to the support of the Bill. Colonel Moore-Brabazon, plying for the Government., declared that all but cowards roust-17efieite- and work for such a of reconstrue- lion. We must leave the debate. there, as we go to- press this week earlier than usual.
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