“INSULT TO THE HOUSE”

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19374, 24 December 1932, Page 17

“INSULT TO THE HOUSE”

MR LLOYD GEORGE ANNOYED ATTACK ON PRIME MINISTER United Press Association—By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright (Received December 23, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 22. In the House of Commons Mr Lloyd George attacked Mr Macdonald on the subject of unemployment, apropos the Prime Minister’s broadcast from Lossiemouth on Monday, when he appealed to the public on general lines to help those who were unemployed by personal service.

Mr Lloyd George began by referring to the Prime Minister’s absence from the House of Commons on Monday when unemployment was debated and said: “If, he was really ill no one would think anything about it, but if he is well enough to travel to Lossiemouth and from there broadcast a speech on unemployment when the House was debating the subject then it was an insult to the House.”

After quoting from the Prime Minister’s broadcast, Mr Lloyd George said Mr Macdonald went to Lossiemouth to file his petition in bankruptcy, for he disclosed there no assets worth realising. The labour exchanges were now fuller than ever and the docks were emptier. There were the same old slums and more ships rotting. The Prime Minister left all this to Departments with a line gesture of charity. Major W. G. Elliot (Conservative) said that the Prime Minister should not be blamed because, although he was not in good health, he kept his engagements to broadcast, made long ago.

ATTACK REGARDED AS UNFAIR. LONDON NEWSPAPER COMMENT. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received December 24, 1.25 a.m.) LONDON, December 23. Political writers generally regard Mr Lloyd George’s attack on the Prime Minister as unfair. "The Daily Telegraph” says there is no excuse for such outbursts of temper. “The Daily Express” reminds Mr Lloyd George that he himself was disposed to ignore the feelings of the House in the Coalition Days. It nevertheless advises Mr Macdonald to pay heed to the protest.