Lord Euslace Perey's resignation in isatistaction with the Government' plans for assisting the distressed areas tthe subject of lobby rumour at Westminster, Whether the divergence view between Lord Eustace. and fis ollcagues has reached that pitch remains 10 be seen. There. daibt, however, that certain Govern hnent" announcements have been severely criticized, and not only' by Labour opponents,' as too complacent. in particular" Sir Rhys Willams, a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament, ata meeting at Cardiff last month took strong. exception to Mr. Ramsay MaeDonalé's apparent satis: faction with the work done' inthe "special" areas in Wales, The Lord Noyor of Cardiff asserted that the Government had failed. to carry out 2 single one of the thirty concrete Hropesals made in the report of the Commissioner for Special Area That meeting was attended by" 406] representatives of the public author! ies in South Wales. "Lord Bustace Perey, as Minister without Portfolio, has been specially charged to dear wih the problem of these areas. He nay perhaps be endeavouring to bring notice the danger of the complacent attitude which Mr. MacDonald's words cerned (0 suggest.
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