London, Dec. 23.
The House of Commons roceived damages in a recent air-raid and the Chamber itself barely escaped punishment, it can now be revealed. A bomb damaged the Cloister Courtyard, the Chamber's entrance ud the main stairs and the hall emerging from the public hall and the voters' rooms. The House was not sitting zt the time and nobody was hurt. This is the third time the Parliament buildings have been damaged in an air-raid—
Reuter. and he was Assistant Government Whip in 1924. "From 1926 to 1929 he way Junior Lord of the Treasury and he. has been a Conservative "Whip since 1924. His home is at Byfield, Northamptonshire, only a few miles away from his constituency.
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