THE HOUSE OF LORDS
DEBATE ON DEFENCES REPLIES TO CRITICISM (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Nov. 3. The House of Lords debate on national defences ended without a division, Baron Strabolgi withdrawing his motion for an independent inquiry which, having been drafted a month ago, was, he agreed, too widely drafted in the light of what was now known. Replying to criticisms that the Government's action fell short of requirements in regard to the speeding up of rearmament and organising national service, the Earl of Stanhope said as to the former, that it would be useless to set up a Ministry of Supply unless it was given compulsory cowers. The Government felt that the way it was doing it—by full co-operation with employers and workmen, who were helping the Government in every Dossible way—was beter than establishing a Ministry with compulsory oowers. In regard to registration, the Government saw no objection to having a compulsory national register.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23649, 5 November 1938, Page 13
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