Oral Answers to Questions — Housing. – in the House of Commons at on 30 July 1934.
Sir William Anstruther-Gray
, Lanarkshire Northern
asked the Home Secretary whether he has yet consulted with the leaders of Opposition parties as to measures for securing order at public meetings; and whether the Government have arrived at any decision on this question?
Captain Sir Peter Macdonald
, Isle of Wight
asked the Home Secretary whether he is now in a position to make any further statement with regard to what steps it is proposed to take to deal with the problems arising out of the wearing of political uniforms in this country?
Mr John Gilmour
, Glasgow Pollok
I have had preliminary discussions on the different aspects of this problem with the leaders of the Opposition parties, and I propose to confer with them again after the Summer Recess. I regret that I am not in a position to make any further statement on the subject.
The Opposition are the political parties in the House of Commons other than the largest or Government party. They are called the Opposition because they sit on the benches opposite the Government in the House of Commons Chamber. The largest of the Opposition parties is known as Her Majesty's Opposition. The role of the Official Opposition is to question and scrutinise the work of Government. The Opposition often votes against the Government. In a sense the Official Opposition is the "Government in waiting".
