Former MP for Abertillery
I should be the last to find fault with the way in which the Minister has performed his duties. I know from experience that, he has the greatest sympathy with the ex-service men and their dependants. I wish to draw the attention of the House, however, to the operation of the seven years' limit. This rule was introduced in 1921 just three years after the War, and I submit that it was made...
I understood that the Minister said this afternoon that £1,000,000 would be saved in respect of these children on their attaining the age of 15 years.
I am very glad to hear it and I am obliged to the right hon. and gallant Gentleman for his correction. In conclusion I have only to repeat that the Department has been administered with great humanity, but the seven years limit is protested against by ex-service men throughout the length and breadth of the country and I hope that the Minister will consider these cases on their own merits and...
47. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total expenditure from the Imperial Exchequer arising out of the occupation of Iraq by His Majesty's forces during the late war, and the amount for each year since that occupation?
46. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state, approximately, the number of the Jewish population of Palestine at the date of occupation, during the War, and the number of the Jewish population at the present time?
Once again the Minister of Labour has been ignoring the main facts in regard to the unemployment problem. During the whole life of this Government no opportunity has been lost by the Opposition of forcing the unemployment problem upon the attention of the Government. This question has been raised over 20 times during the lifetime of the present Parliament, and every time it has been ignored...
It is a scandalous thing.
Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that this question is causing the utmost concern among the workers of this country and that last night a deputation came to me—
