HOUSE SITS ALL NIGHT
LONG LABOUR STONEWALL
PROCEEDINGS MORE ORDERLY.
■ (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIRWHt.V (AUSTRALIAN • NBW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.} (Received 14th April, noon.) LONDON, 13th April. The House of Commons sat continuously for 21 hours, the Labour members following their usual practice of moving amendments in Committee on the Army and Air Force Annual Bill, particularly in regard to punishments and discipline. The Government maintained a majority, varying from 70 to 100, and frequently applied the closure. The Labour members moved. the adjournment at 3 a.m. The motion was defeated, and the Committee stage dragged on till 11.15 a.m., when, fresh members arriving for to-day's sitting, the report stage occupied 35 minutes. The Bill was read a third time, and the House rose at 11.58 a.m., and adjourned till Monday. The proceedings were generally orderly, though the Labour members greeted the closurings with cries of. "Gag," and sang "John Brown's Body" as they traversed the division lobby.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 89, 14 April 1923, Page 7
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