The Chancellor Of The Exchequer Has Been Rather Stubborn And
unyielding this week in his attitude to amendments to the Finance Bill. The amendment for instance which would extend the income-tax allowance for a child at school to a child......
There Was General Concern At The Statement Of The Prime
Minister in answer to a question on Monday that 35 per cent. of the men desirous of joining the army in England, Scotland, and Wales were rejected on medical grounds. Lady Astor......
Back Bench Labour Members Were In A Very Truculent And
irresponsible mood on Wednesday afternoon at question time. Perhaps the most foolish point was that raised by Mr. Ellis Smith who fiercely criticised the recent meeting at a......
Relief Of The Uninsured The Report Of The Unemployment...
Board on the first twelve months of its administration shows once again the necessity for the new regulations which the Government has delayed so long in promulgating. The......
The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...
is no reason to believe that the decision to abandon sanctions will create anything in the nature of a Par- liamentary crisis. All the sensational stories of Cabinet splits and......
The Budget Leakage : The Epilogue The Budget Leakage Debate
in the House of Commons last Thursday was painful but dignified. It was impossible not to sympathise with Mr. Thomas, who felt his position acutely, or to deny the justice of......
Defaulting Incumbents The Church Assembly Has Succeeded...
Ecclesiastical Duties Measure, dealing with proceedings against incumbents charged with " misbehaviour," away to a committee. Since there were 180 amendments on the paper that......
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