The Archive · 1938

British Cabinet to Meet on Wednesday

Ministers Will Consider New Parliamentary Programme London, Jan. 22.

When the first Cabinet meeting since the Christmas recess is held next Wednesday, Ministers will be in a position to review the Parliamentary programme for the remainder of the session.

The Government is known to have at least three measures of major importance to be introduced after the House of Commons reassembles on February 1. One of these is the penal reform proposals of Sir Samuel Hoare, aiming at keeping the young out of prison and providing a better system for protecting the persistent offender against himself end prote ing society from hardened criminals.—Wireless through Reuter.

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