DEBATE IN COMMONS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 54, 1 September 1926, Page 9

DEBATE IN COMMONS

LABOUR MEMBER SUSPENDED.

LONDON, 30th August.

The House of Commons reassembled for the special purpose of renewing the emergency regulations in connection with the coal dispute. t , Commander 'Ken-worthy' (L.). asked whether Mr. Baldwin's : message: to American newspapers With regard- to the condition of the miners and their families had been sent through the Ambassador in. AVashington in consultation with the Foreign Office.

Sir Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, replied:—"The message was not sent through the Ambassador, but it was sent with my knowledge' and full concurrence." Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Home Secretary, in. moving the resolution authorising the continuance of the regulations for a month, said there had been only sixty-four prosecutions under the regulations in August. The mining districts generally were quiet and orderly. He would like to pay a tribute to the miners.

There were interruptions by Labour members, in which Mr. Jack Jones was most, prominent. . The Speaker asked Mr. Jones to. withdraw, and Mr. Jones began his exit at a snail's pace, stopping at intervals to abuse the Government. He was finally suspended by 235 votes to 53. REGULATIONS APPROVED. Sir William Joynson-Hicks said if the safety men. were called out by Mr. Cook or anyone else, it would be. the duty of the Government to take all possible steps to prevent-the mines and the livelihood of the miners being destroyed. That was an elementary duty and it would be carried out to the full. The debate continued without life. An amendment proposed by Sir Henry Slesser (Lab.) to omit the regulations dealing . with acts likely to cause sedition, also those affecting public meetings and. processions, was defeated, on party lines, and the regulations were approved by 232 votes to 91. The. House of Lords adopted a resolution for continuing the emergency regulations, sifter speeches of protest by Lords Parmoor and Arnold, though Lord Buckmaster declared that the regulations were more necessary now than originally, as the dispijtc was reaching a climax, in which the forces of disorder were likely, to find free play. Lord Buckmaster declared that the miners were badly led. The House of Lords adjourned till 9th November.