Action Taken Against Four Following Angry Scenes London, Nov. 23.
There were very angry scenes in the House of Commons te-day during the committee stage of the Unemployment Insurance Bill.
Four Labour M. P's were su:- pended: Mr. James Maxton (Glasgow, Bridgeton div.); Mr. George Buchanan (Glasgow, Gorbals div Mr. Richard Collingham Wallhead (Merthyr Tydvil, Merthyr div.); and] Mr. Neil Maclean (Glasgow, Govan div).
'The signal for the Labour Members' outburst was the rising of the Minister of Labour, the Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, to mo for closure of the sitting, which wa After this had been carried Mr.
Maxton designated the conduct of the Chairman, the Rt. Hon. J. F. Hope, in allowing the closure, as "damned unfair." He refused to withdraw this remark. An uproar followed.
Messrs. Buchanan and Wallhead protested violently against the Chairman's ruling, Mr. Wallhead declaring that it was "a damned] outrage on the House to abuse the powers of the Chai Mr. Maclean persisted in addressing the House while the Chairman was standing. The Speaker (the Rt. Hon, J. H, Whitley) was called in four times and the suspension of the offenders was separately moved and carried—Reuter.
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