3 APRIL 1936, Page 3

There was an uproar. • The unfortunate Under- Secretary tried

to retrieve his mistake by making another speech, but except in Committee. neither Ministers nor Members are allowed to speak twice except by leave of the House, and both the Deputy Speaker and the Speaker were reluctant to permit leave to begiven. The adjourn- ment of the 'House was moved, and finally the 'Prime Minister was sent for and, in a -conciliatory speech, promised, if the second reading was accorded, that the House would not be asked to proceed with the Financial Resolution that night, and he would undertake to see that answers were given on another day to the questions that had been raised. It was an impressive triumph for the Legislature over the Executive. • * ' *