COMMONS INCIDENT.
MR BECKETT’S ACTION. MEMBERS PRESSING FOR PENALTY. LONDON, July 18. The Daily Mail says that member* of the House of Commons are "pressing for a penalty, in addition to the five days’ suspension already passed, oh Mr Beckett, the Labour member. The Consultative Committee of the Labour Party will discuss the matter on July 22nd. There was a very lively scene in the House of Commons on Thursday. Mr A. F. Brockway (Labour), at question .time, insisted on making a speech sympathetic to India, and Mr Ramsay MacDonald moved his suspension. While the division was being taken, Mr Brockway left the House. Mr J. Beckett, one of the tellers, seized the Mace and ran toward an exit shouting: “Mr Speaker, it is a damned disgrace !” An attendant . recovered the Maco and Mr Beckett stood at the bar of the House while Mr MacDonald moved his suspension, which was agreed to.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 199, 21 July 1930, Page 7
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