THE FOREIGN SECRETARY
APPOINTMENT OF PEER QUESTIONED MR CHAMBERLAIN'S EXPLANATION (British Official Wireless.). Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, February 28. (Received March 1, at 11.30 a.m.) Questioned by the Opposition Leader in the House of Commons on the appointment of a Foreign Secretary who was not a member of that House, Mr Chamberlain first rebutted Mr Attlee’s suggestion that it was an established parliamentary practice for the Foreign Minister to sit in the Commons. He agreed, however, that, all things being equal, there were advantages in the Foreign Secretary being a House of Commons man, but added that in the present crisis the disadvantages of a different arrangement were, in his view, outweighed by the outstanding qualifications of Lord Halifax. Air Chamberlain told Mr Attlee that he proposed himself to deal with all aspects of foreign affairs which were the subject either of debate or question in the Commons.
Mr Attlee is seeking an opportunity of debate on the question of the appointment of a peer as Foreign Secretary.
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Evening Star, Issue 22895, 1 March 1938, Page 9
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168THE FOREIGN SECRETARY Evening Star, Issue 22895, 1 March 1938, Page 9
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