Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 6 February 1929.
Mr Arthur Steel-Maitland
, Birmingham Erdington
This decision lay with the independent court. The suggestion that the referee and the umpire or any member of such court, or, as a matter of fact, any officer of my Department, has developed a policy of partiality with one side or the other, is a gross imputation on them, for which there is not a Shadow of foundation.
The shadow cabinet is the name given to the group of senior members from the chief opposition party who would form the cabinet if they were to come to power after a General Election. Each member of the shadow cabinet is allocated responsibility for `shadowing' the work of one of the members of the real cabinet.
The Party Leader assigns specific portfolios according to the ability, seniority and popularity of the shadow cabinet's members.
