BRITISH HOUSING BILL
TWO GOVERNMENT REVERSES.
(Per Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, July 22. The Government’s score of defeats total 10 aftqj' the passage of two adverse votes in the committee stage of the Housing Bill in the Commons. First a Liberal amendment was passed by 201 votes to 155, and then a Labour amendment which the Government accepted was rejected by 137 votes to 119. In both cases, however, Mr Wheatley, the Minister in charge, accepted the decision of the House. In the course of the debate, Mr Wheatley, to everyone’s surprise, announced a virtual agi’eement with the Builders’ Union regarding the provision of skilled workers. He outlined a scheme for speeding-up the process of apprenticeship by enlisting the assistance of technical schools arid evening classes, also by the promotion of semiskilled labourers.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10167, 23 July 1924, Page 5
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