Coal Mines Bill The Government's Coal Bill, Issued Last...
is likely to meet with severe criticism before it becomes law. Part of the Bill, however, succeeds in establishing an equitable, if somewhat lengthy, procedure for transferring......
Mr. Lawson Did A Good Service On Monday's Adjournment By
drawing attention to the evidence given on behalf of the Board of Trade before the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry. The Board's contention that the present dis-......
It Was A Sombre Debate. The Home Secretary Began By
reminding the House that 300 tons of bombs were dropped in this country during the four years of the War and that today, not only could as great a tonnage be dropped in 24......
Food Control In Answer To A Question In The House
of Commons on Tuesday, Mr. Oliver Stanley announced that plans are in preparation for controlling the supply and distribution of food in the event of an " emergency," that is, a......
Pensioners' Pocket Money Question Time In The House Of...
and the corre- spondence columns of The Times have brought to light a strange anomaly in the existing operation of old-age pensions. Discriminatory treatment exists between......
Air Defence Delay Sir Samuel Hoare And His...
not convincing, in the House of Commons debate this week, in their attempt to refute the charge of dangerous delay in the presentation of an adequate air raid precautions plan.......
The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...
C. F. G. Masterman once observed that " in rural England the rates are regarded as greater enemies than battle, murder or sudden death." A foreign observer of the debate on the......
This Issue Of " The Spectator " Contains 72 Pages
of advertise- ments, a higher total than has ever been reached before, except in the special Centenary issue in 1928.......
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