Former MP for City of York
The right hon. Gentleman in his opening remarks about national unity said so much better than I can what I want to say that I feel tempted to tear up my notes, and let his appeal stand by itself. However, I will attempt to add to his appeal such arguments as I can produce, because I regard it as of real importance that what should go out from the House in this Debate is the broadest possible...
I am obliged to the hon. Member, for my right hon. Friend made particular reference to that point. He added—this I think is the answer: I used the word 'may' deliberately since in such an instance there is no automatic obligation to take military action. If he had said "would" he would have been going far beyond the covenant of the League. The question I want to ask hon. Members opposite is...
I beg to move, to leave out from "That," to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof: in view of the important role assigned to the Territorial Army in the system of national defence, this House considers that improvements in the pay, training, and conditions of service of the Territorial Army are needed to increase its numbers and efficiency. My right hon. Friend the Financial...
In view of the sympathetic reply which my right hon. Friend has given, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the Amendment.
Every speaker in the Debate, including the right hon. Gentleman who has just spoken, has contemplated the possibility, or the danger, of another war. To one who, like many others, left the regular Army at the end of the last War in the belief that it would be impossible for such a thing to occur again, that is a very singular feature, and it seems to indicate that these next few weeks, in...
I beg to give notice that, on going into Committee of Supply on the Air Estimates, I shall call attention to the importance of civil aviation to the Empire, and move a Resolution.
I admit that I approach this complicated problem of road and rail transport with a certain amount of bias. The constituency which I represent has for a long time, in fact, ever since railways were invented, been one of the most important railway centres in the kingdom, and in consequence a large proportion of my constituents depend directly for their livelihood on the prosperity of the...
The House needs no reminder that this is by no means the first Motion of its kind that has been moved on this subject by the party opposite. This question has been before every Parliament since the War. It is a question which, above all others, has haunted the back benches and baited the Front Benches of this House. It is no surprise, therefore, that once again it is brought to our attention,...
