A LONG DEBATE
PROCEDURE IN HOUSE OF
COMMONS
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, March 9.
A question of procedure which was raised by the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. C. R. Attlee in the House of Commons last-night, led to a debate which occupied the whole of the session. The occasion was a money resolution for the Special Areas Bill, and the Opposition complained that it was drawn so tightly that it would restrict freedom of debate by making it impossible to move any amendment. The Attorney-General, Sir Donald Somervell, replying to the debate, admitted the importance of the general issue raised and the necessity for keeping under constant review the procedure of the House and the working of that procedure. The Government, he said, would be prepared to consider the question and if after discussion with the Leader of the Opposition such a course seemed desirable they would set up a further inquiry by a Select Committee into the working of the standing orders. The announcement was received with cheers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 59, 11 March 1937, Page 9
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170A LONG DEBATE Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 59, 11 March 1937, Page 9
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