The Government's resort to a Judielal tribunal for the investigation fof the alleged leakage of British Budget secrets was opposed by the Labour Opposition inthe House of Commons on the ground that the House had to the right to insist on task itself by sir John Simon made a particularly effective eriticism of the Labour proposal for he pointed out that the Select Committe by "convention, would contain majority of Government represent tives and therefore a8 the Govern ment was in part under trial the requirements of impartiality could not be enti Moreover, Sir John, by telling quotations from Mr.
Attlee's speech In proposing the Select Committee showed that some members had already decided the very point which the tribunal would have to investigate, Tt, must be confessed that Mr. Attlee had a formidable list of precedents—the Parnell case, the Jameson Raid an the Marconi scandal—but member who—either by personal recollection or by" historical research—were able recall those heated proceedings were entirely with the Government. Incidentally the debate produced a Striking testimony from Earl Winter ton to the Improved manners of the House of Commons: towday ike Pleasant "Sunday afternoon, with the Prime Minister In the role of the dear vicar, point was that Select Committee would be likely to revive those bad old habits of party As the former Viscount el infant terrible In' eritle possessed claims thority on the point,
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