Churchill Tables No-Confidence Motion In House Of Commons

Wanganui Chronicle, 10 March 1947, Page 5

Churchill Tables No-Confidence Motion In House Of Commons

Kci’d. li Ji.in. I.uiicli.ii, Man-li 7 Mr. < ’iuireliill ha-’, tallied an offieial Opposition inn■: idinent Io llie • Government nioticn on economic policy which amounts, says Reuter's diplomatic correspondent, to a motion of no confidence m I lie Government. Tlie Government's motion begins: “That this House welcomes the laying before Parliament of a survey of the nation's requirements and resources for 1!I4i.” The Opposition amendment then adds these words: “And while recognising the everincreasing gravity of the ceo-

nomie crisis and being willing lo give its supporl. lo any practical measures to met it, regrets that ths full facts of the situation have for so long been withhold from the country: ami lias no confidence in a Gorernmenl whose actions hitherto have served onlv i,, aggravate ti t natii nal difficulties and whose proposals for the fnlure are either inadequate or injurious.” Mr. Clin ■< liil] will move the amendment r March 12. The Liberals also tabled :yi amendment to the Government's

motion for a tlirce-Jay economic debate, beginning Monday. It ; deplores dilatoriness in economic affairs and demands a workable •nerall plan instead of the pi ese.’.t series of incoherent iniprovisnI ions. “The Times’’ says the tone of the Liberals’ amcndmenl suggested that, they may vote with I he ('onset",-at Ives. The “Daily Mai 1 ” diplomats I correspondent says: "The Government is clearly facing an attack of unprecedented force and [seriousness,”