Whole Time of-House of Commons Required for Goveroment's Financial Measures: Opposition A
Disc ion of Army Estimates Tonilon, May. 17.
The House of Commons to-day unanimously pasced a motion that the Government take the whole time of the House until the end of the financial year.
My. J. R. Clynes, the Deputy Leador'of tie House, moving the resolution, emphasized that. the} taking of' the _privato members' time war inevitable owing to the very heavy programme of finan-cin] business, The Government, did not propose to take any legisla tion before the second reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill on March 28, except the Local Autho-ities Emergency Provision Bill, which was non-contentious.
Mr, Stanley Baldwin, intimate ing that the Opposition would not oppose the motion, pointed out that the objection previously was to taking the time of the Conservative and Liberal Members and not the time of the Labour Members.
Replying to Commander Bel-nies (Conservative), Mr. Amman, the Parliamentary' Secretary to the Admiralty, stated that, the of Empire trade in 198% in cast of Africa, and: the cost of the British Luding the ships of ion Navi Eastern waters and the Pacific was £3,- (043,00.
The yhvaxe, "Government ae. dagrditeg to Sermon on the Mowat" id yeoman sevvive in the House of "Commora today "ut the digoussion of the Amy' Estimates, when Mr. W. LI," Ayles, Labour Member' for North Bradford, moved % reduction in, the gross Perwonnel of 10),000 by 150, Ihe amendment was, support by several other members' of the Labour party, bat was finally rejected by a4 votes to 13.
Mr. Ayles declared that the amendment was intended as a protest against the militaristic trond of Army policy. He stated that the nation that was brave enough to Jay down its arms in the midst. of an armed world would ko the only safe ration.
party, however, eloquently op-Many members of the Labour posed the resolution, notably Col. John Ward, Independent Labour Member for Stoke, who drew cheers iby stating that man who would not defend the "Grand Old Country"" was. not worthy of the name of Englishman. Mr. Montague, Labour Member for West Islington, wanted idealism to have its fect on the ground oven if its head was in the clouds.
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