Debate on the Address.

Part of Orders of the Day — King's Speech. – in the House of Commons at on 9 February 1927.

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Photo of Mr Philip Snowden Mr Philip Snowden , Colne Valley

The hon. Gentleman who has just, sat down has entertained the House with a speech which has afforded considerable enjoyment to my hon. Friends behind. He dealt with a very inflammable topic and he will, perhaps, excuse me if I do not follow him in that subject to-night, for I see that some of his hon. Friends have put down on the Paper an Amendment upon the lines that he has been advocating in his speech. There, therefore, may be an opportunity of discussing that question at greater length. At the end of a two days' debate it is difficult, if not impossible, to introduce any new topic or even to impart any originality into any subject which has already been discussed. I shall therefore confine my observations to trying to summarise the criticisms which have been made from this side of the House on the King's Speech which was submitted to the House yesterday. It is difficult to know whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer was pleased or disappointed with the course of the debate. He described it as a lamb-like discussion. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is a past master in all the platitudes of debate and he adopted the not unfamiliar argument of minimising the importance and the force of the opposition which he had to face. I wonder—