The right claimed and enjoyed by the House of Commons to excludo strangers, and conduct a debate behind locked doors, has been oxercised several occasions during the war, whoa statements of which it was undesirable to give the enemy any information wero made by Ministers and discussed
y members. The latest instanco of I the use of this privilege was not, however, as was the case with the previous soirot sessions," a matter of Ministerial arrangement, but was sprung on a surprised and amused House without warning, in order to check the mischievous talk of a member. tiw> v *
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16151, 4 March 1918, Page 6
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99Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16151, 4 March 1918, Page 6
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