COMMONS DEBATE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1942, Page 5

COMMONS DEBATE

WARNINGS BY LABOUR

(Rec. 1 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 29. Resuming the war debate in the House of Commons, Mr. P. J. NoelBaker (Labour) said that Mr. Churchill would make a grave mistake if he fastened his eyes only on the general desire of the Commons to give him its confidence and not note the very real and deep anxiety which existed. There was deep anxiety about produc-

tion. He urged the Government to listen to the Trades Union Congress warnings.

Many who had not belonged to the Labour Party also vehemently held the view that big private enterprise, cartels, and corporations were. being allowed to pursue policies which did not help the greatest war production. There was still friction, waste, and overlapping due to the fact that there were three supply departments instead of one.

Mr. D. N. Pritt, K.C. (Labour), asserted that Ministers with a record of warmth towards Fascism held office owing to their party positions. The longer Mr. Churchill stood them, and the more anxious the situation became, the more dangerous would these Ministers be.

He did not believe the House was so poor that it could not supply better Ministers.