A FRESH DEVELOPMENT
WILL LIBERALS SAVE LABOUR?
AMENDMENT TO CENSURE
MOTION,
(UNITES PRESS ASSOCIATION.-COPXRIQHT.j
(REOTBR'S TELEGRAM.)
LONDON, 2nd October.
An unexpected development of the political situation has' occurred in the House of Commons. A Liberal amendment, in the name of Sir John Simon, to the Conservative vote of censure', has been tabled, proposing the appointment of a Select Committee to investigate and report on the circumstances leading to the withdrawal of ; the "Workers' Weekly" proceedings.
Sir John Simon was one of the Government's foremost critics when the subject was discussed in the House on 30th. September.
The amendment .takes precedence of the vote of. censure, so that, if the Government is defeated, it will not, necessarily resign.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 83, 4 October 1924, Page 7
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117A FRESH DEVELOPMENT Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 83, 4 October 1924, Page 7
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