DEBATE IN COMMONS
LLOYD GEORGE AND JACK ' i JONES
LONDON, 18th February. In the course of the debate on th* Unemployment Insurance Bill in th» House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George, answering a charge that his city speech resulted in a fall of securities, reminded Mr. Churchill that not even the joint efforts of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and himself had reduced securities as low as they were when. •Mr. Churchill was in office. They were higher even now than when he loft office. He wondered why Mr. Churchill had made a speech which was entirely irrelevant to the Bill, with the exception of a few phrases tacked to the end to give it an air of statesmanship. It was an excellent comic turn. Mr. Jack Jones (Labour), combating the Opposition statements that there was no money in the country, referred to the speedy success of tha Indian loan. If the devil himself would float a loan and guarantee 5 p«r cent, on the flames of Hell, the money would be raised. (Boars of laughter.) The division was then taken, the Bill passing the second leading by 379 votes to 218.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 43, 20 February 1931, Page 7
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