House of Commons Lacks an Opposition
PROCEDURE PROBLEM (British Official Wirelewi (Received 22, 12.45 p.m.) RUGBY, May 2i. In view of the formation of an Administration embracing the three main political parties, the Government haa taken advice and is satisfied that the provision of the Ministers of the Crowri Bill, 1937, relating to the payment o$ salary to the Opposition Leader is id abeyance for the time being. This intimation was given in the House of Commons to-day by the Prim© Minister, Mr Churchill. Some discussion then arose as tc the future procedure in the House in view of the entry of the Opposition into the ranks of the Government, and the ruling of the Speaker was sought from several quarters when Mr Lees-Smith (Labour) rose to put the question to the Prime Minister on next week’s business, customarily put by the Opposition Leader. The Speaker cited a precedent to the effect that it *rs the right of the senior Privy Cou- #* r on the front Opposition bench » ...use future business, and in the unprecedented circumstances in
which the House found itself, suggested that the right of a place on the front
Opposition bench should attach to ex. Ministers of all parties.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 121, 23 May 1940, Page 8
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