FIRST DEFEAT OF SESSION
Inquiry Into War Pensibns (Rec. 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 8. The Government suffered its first Parliamentary defeat of the session when the House of Lords, * by 47 votes to 30, called for an inquiry into existing rates of war pensions and disability allowances. The Government strenuously resisted the proposals. The Leader of the House, Lord Addison, contended that such inquiry would carry a reflection on the work of the Pensions Ministry, which had been uniformly praised. Conservative and Liberal non-party peers joined in supporting, the motion.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 51, 9 December 1948, Page 5
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