BEAM LEASEO WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOUSE.
QUEST4aNS IN PARLIAMENT. • LONDON, Nor.. 26. 8%, Wedgwood Benn inquired in, the House of Commons to-day whether, the, consent of the. House had been, sought before the PostmasterGeneral leased the beam \yirelessi sys* tern. S'No, thaV will be done, under Ins general powers of the. Post Office Act of 1908," said the Prime Minister, Mr Stanley Baldwin. "Hoes' this mean that; the Post-master-General, will do this without the consent of the House and without being permitted to explain why he does it?" asked Mr Bonn. "Leasing is an integral part of the Bill setting up the communications company, which, tlie,House is now discussing," replied Mr Baldwin. *
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 91, 28 November 1928, Page 6
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