MANY QUESTIONS

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 307, 22 September 1943, Page 7

MANY QUESTIONS

Coming Debate In The Commons

(By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Special Correspondent.)

LONDON, September 20.. An important speech to Parliament is expected very shortly from Mr. Churchill. It will open a two-day debate on the war, and it is likely to be one of his longest for some time. There is general pleasure at Mr. Churchill’s safe return from America, lhe country welcomed him warmly, but. he will probably find a good deal of restiveness in the House of Commons, where for the next series of sittings members have tabled 471 questions. It is hoped in some quarters that Mr. Churchill will throw a little more light on the Quebec conference, while it seems that certain voices will be raised concerning the “breathing space” allowed the Germans in the interval between fall and the signing of the armistice. There are also several home front problems awaiting Mr. Churchill’s decision. This is commented on by the political correspondent of the “Manchester Guardian,” who says: “Mr. Churchill will have been told by his friends, if they are candid, that there is marked disappointment at the Government’s handling of the home front and post-war problems. This disappointment was developing when Air. Churchill went away, and it has become sharper in the six weeks of his absence.” A large body of opinion is restless because no action has been taken regarding the Beveridge, Uthwatt and Scott reports, while other questions include the serious coal position, the method of demobilization after the war, and trade and agriculture. [The Uthwatt Committee published its final report on compensation and betterment on September 10, 1942, and tlie Scott Committee submitted a five-year plan for rural Britain on August 15.]

MR. CHURCHILL’S TRIP (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY’. September 20. It is revealed that Mr. Churchill returned from the United States in the battle-cruiser Renown and landed at n north-western port. It is also stated that he went to Canada.by sea. The Admiralty states: “The First Sea Lord, Sir Dudley Pound, who returned with Air. Churchill, is unwell, and has been admitted to hospital for treatment.” Air. Churchill has had a Cabinet meeting in London, the first since his return to this country.