Former MP for Islington North
I do not know whether I should seek the indulgence of the House. I have spoken in this Chamber on a few occasions, but I have had an enforced absence. I am glad to be back, and I am very glad to come back to a Debate which shows such unanimity on both sides of the House. In fact, so much did I agree with the speech of the right hon. Member for Epsom (Mr. McCorquodale) that I could almost see...
Will the right hon. Gentleman see that the proceedings that ensue will not be of the character of those instituted by the Norwegian Government against Quisling, but will be short and spectacular?
Arising out of the original reply, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to have Germans indicted, or tried or condemned for crimes committed against German subjects?
I fear that there is little connection between what I have to say and what has preceded it, except that I am concerned with flooding. It is my wish so to reduce the flooding that no portion of the Navy whatever might be able to get up to the heart of my constituency and of the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Llanelly (Mr. J. Griffiths) at any time. It is a short and simple...
Immediate?
Does the Minister not recollect that this matter was discussed during the passage of the Education Act, in the Committee stage, and. that he and his Parliamentary Secretary assured us that it was not the intention to operate it in order to create governors for a large body of schools?
Will the Government take the opportunity of getting the views of this House on the Dumbarton Oaks proposals before we are committed at San Francisco?
May ask the Prime Minister why, in the list which he read out, the Foreign Secretary came first and the Deputy Prime Minister came second? The right hon. Gentleman said that the Foreign Secretary was going to lead the Delegation. Is there any reason why the Deputy Prime Minister should not lead this Delegation?