Former MP for City of London
I suppose we are entitled to lay up the ships in any port, and keep them in any port, and so they could be kept in a port convenient for their use?
We have before us two interesting problems—whether we approve what is in the Bill or whether we disapprove of something not being in it. I will start with a few remarks on what is in the Bill. In general, I think it is not only a good Bill but it is a necessary Bill, and overdue. It has been very urgent for a long time that the movement of goods should be capable of being covered by...
The special inducement in this case is that the householder does not get insurance.
I beg to move, in page 17, line 43, at the end, to insert: (3) Nothing in this Section shall impose on any bank the obligation to furnish any particulars of any ordinary banking transactions between the bank and a customer carried out in the ordinary course of banking business, unless the bank has acted or is acting on behalf of the customer in connection with the formation or management of...
In the speech to which we have just listened there was much with which I disagreed. I do not believe at all that the poor people have lost their self-respect or have lost the great value that they place upon their liberty.
There was one point in the speech of the hon. Member on which I would comment in particular. He holds the view that the borrowing of this large sum is unjustified because of the burden which we pass to our successors and because we leave them a heavily mortgaged estate. Of course, that is the risk we all want to avoid, but I submit that the risk has to be run if we incur the expense, and...
The Debate has ranged very widely round this enormous problem, but it is a simple problem. I appreciate that, by our habits of debate, we must look at it from every side, examine everything that the Government bring forward, and express our different views about it; but in itself the problem is a simple one, though it is so enormous that we shudder at having to take up this great sacrifice,...
The right hon. Gentleman is mistaken in thinking I am a banker. I am a Director of the Bank of England, appointed because I am not a banker. In answer to his question, I have full confidence in this country paying its debt. It has always been paid, and I think it will certainly be paid.
