SCENE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
LABOUR VULGARITIES MEMBER ORDERED TO LEAVE By Telegraph.— Press Association. Copyright (Rec. February 23, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 23. '1 here were lively scenes in the course ol a debate in the House of Commons initiated by Miss Susan Lawrence dealing with the Government’s action to check over-generous poor law relief. A Labourite, Mr. Groves, read a letter threatening an ex-soldier with legal proceedings in order to recover 12s. "Did you write that letter?” asked a Conservative back-bencher "You dirty dog,” shotted Mr. Jack Jones, while Mr. Groves protested the letter’s genuineness. Mr. W. Thorne said he wished the King were present, and said: "I am sure His Majesty would have the will if he had the power.” Later Mr. Jack Jones called Sir Kingsley Wood a damned liar, and was ordered to leave the House. He walked out, saying,. “1 will go, but he remains a liar.” The debate, wound up in frequent uproar.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 125, 24 February 1928, Page 9
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160SCENE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 125, 24 February 1928, Page 9
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