BRITISH PARLIAMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 281, 30 November 1935, Page 9

BRITISH PARLIAMENT

HOUSE MEETS ON TUESDAY ADDRESS-IN-REPLY DEBATE [ British Official Wireless. ] RUGBY, Nov. 28. i The swearing-in of members of both Houses was continued to-day. ■ In the House of Commons the debate | on the Address-in-Reply to the King’s J -Speech, which will begin on Tuesday after the State opening of Parliament by His Majesty, is expected to last for I the rest of the week. The opinion in political circles is that the Government will not proceed with major measures before Christmas. A certain amount of business brought forward from the last Parliament calls for immediate attention. The King has approved the appointments of under-secretaries, which completes the reconstruction which the Prime Minister has at present decided to make in the Government. Tho appointments represent a rearrangement of officers among the present holders, excent that Colonel Colville, Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade, takes the post of Under-Secretary for | Scotland, vacated by the death of Mr. Noel Skelton, a.i l Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, •formerly parliamentary private secre[tary to Mr. BaMwin, is a newcomer to ,the Ministry as Under-Secretary for Home Affairs, in place of Captain Euan Wallace, who has gone to the Department of Overseas Trade. CHANGES ANNOUNCED LONDON, Nov. 28. Captain D. H. Hacking has been appointed Under-Secretary for the Dominions; Lord Stanley, Parliamentary Fnancial Secretary to the Admiralty, and Mr. Euan Wallace Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade. POPULAR APPOINTMENTS DOMINION OFFICE HEADS.' LONDON; Nov. 28. I The Sun-Herald service says that .Captain Hacking’s appointment, which is popular with the Dominion representatives as is Mr. Malcolm MacDonald’s, completes a team which is very sympathetic towards the Dominions.