POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE.
ahe lieu-Chairman of Committees Mr. ,]. A. louiig, of •Hamilton, after returning thanks in the House of Representatives yesterday oh being appointed to the position* unopposed, stated that his acceptance of tho offer had been subject to one definite reservation which he had made clear to the Prime Minister, namely, that he would neither be prejudiced nor silenced in the House against the exercise of his .right to fair criticism of the administration and policy of the WbvtrniheiVt. Precedent had. nh'wdy been established in "tlife. House in. that connection by the late Hon. ff
A. .Millar and Mr. T. M. Wilford, both of whom had filled the office of Chairman of Committees with distinction. At all times they had exercised their right as private members to take part in fair criticism of the Government of the day.
The Prime Minister (Right Hon W F. Massey) stated that he had never yet interfered with the independence of any private member in regard to his expressing his opinions, and he had no intention of doing so. No one could point to a single instance where he had done such a thing, and he had made no exception in the case of Mr. Young
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 27, 1 August 1923, Page 5
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