£5,000,000 Annually to Be Spent on Development And Welfare London, May 22, The House of Commons last night agreed to the second reading of the Colonial Bill, authorizing an expenditure of £5,000,000 a year for ten years for Colonial development and welfare, and £500,000 a year for Colonial research, as well as remission of loans amounting to £11,000,000 from the United King-oom to Colonies.
Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Minister of Health, who moved the second reading, thanked the House after the vote for the generally sympathetic reception given the Bill, and said he had never sat through a Colonial debate which stimulated so many speeches so filled with practical and constructive suggestions,
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