SCENE IN THE COMMONS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1923, Page 1

SCENE IN THE COMMONS

AH! X KWBOLD’.S SUSPENSION. h I.OXDOX. .May IS. roe -'H' I. \\ . Xewhold. who (ieelaret na- C |at Im "as in the House “in the mini, is of tin- Communist International," wa: in Cie cause oi a scene tin, week whir! ms culminated in his being suspended hi ltd Die Speaker. Ihe occasion was the nn Russian debate. Sir P. Lloyd-Dreamt Hi- (President of the Hoard ol Trade) Hi- made it clear that, while the IJo verities meul would discuss matters with Al. ri- kin-sin, they would stand by the reni- <i’iironiclll that the essential conditions •or ,: >id down in the .Vote to the Soviet Dotal vcu nment must .be satisfied. Sir Philip of "a- subjected to considerable inter'll- I'uptions from the Socialist benches, e. I }>jiftitti! ttrly when dealing with Cornlie munist propagandtt. I'D is topic roused a- Air Xewhold to anger, and he rudely by and .angrily shouted at Sir Philip, m kenning across the I runt bench, with iv white lace, he yelled: '‘The man is lying." Then, turning to the chairman (Captain Kitzrov). lie shouted: ol “Do you allow charges to he made it against me all night without, an opal port ii ni ty to reply, like the bourgeois m that you arc?" v. Captain Fitzrov (Deputy-C 'bail-man) : If Having made that sort of remark, I Is must call upon the lion, member to m leavo the .House. m Air Alaxtou (l.ah.) : I- the term it “bourgeois" an uu-Parliamemary oxe pression f It was the only word used '- by the lion, member for .Motherwell. I a do not know whether it is vet on the x index expurgatnrius of the House. ‘I Captain Fitr.mv: fdo not say that c the remark was Parliamentary or c otherwise, but ii is for me to judge in the matter ami to a -1, the lion, mem- " her to leave thi' Hnn-o. (Cries of ‘‘Gel h out 1" “I hit you go . !l Air Xewhold remained in his scat ' with folded anus, and took no notice of the order. The Speaker was ,ent for, and the 1 member's recalcitrancy reported to him. 1 Further cll'ni'ts were made by a num--1 j her of the Socialist members, inelttdj ing Air Ramsa.v MacDonald. Air btinsj bury, and Afr Buchanan, to induce the Speaker to give Air Xcwb.ihl an op- ’ port unity to winidraw his remarks without proceeding to the drastic step of suspension. Air Ala.xton: I appeal on a point id' order, f do not know the rules ol thi- House sullieienl ly. hut it seems to lno that there i-> in your discretion some method hv which an lion, member who has been subjected to covert insult from th,. beginning of the debate to-dav should have an opportunitv of reply'.

The Speaker: AVhatever may he the case the lion, member must- obey the authority of the rhair. The House is always generous to its members, but I am 1 >nund by the standing order to put the question without deflate. Mr Ramsay .MacDonald: Can the impression “disregarding th,. authority of the chair" he reconsidered, by you at all upon any explanation, as. for instance. that the lion, member had no • ■port unit v of w ithdrawing what he had -aid:-' The Speaker: I have no option after what recurred in coni in ill ec. But if j the lion, member now w i-lios lo w ithdraw what he lias said. 1 think the House will take an exceptional view. There were loud and prolonged cries of “Xo." The Speaker, .after further commotion. put the question: “That the member for .Motherwell he suspended from the service of the House." The ! House divided when the motion for the I suspension of Air Xewhold was carried j lo :t(l!t votes to SH. ! While the division was in progress. ! Mr Xewhold wa-. being advi-cd by his ; frends, and when he was again called ! ,'p to leave, he rose and said that hav--1 :-, L .; regard to the unfailing courtesy n| tin Speaker, he would withdrew without forte bring Here:.: .117 Pausing in he. progress down the floor ol tiie House, ho turned and made a profound how to the chair, a, remarkable ihange from the oca-don when lm acted a, a teller in a division and refused hi.,,,1 his head. .Mr Nevbuld's depurl. 111*0 is dose-ri!><*«! ns t! u* most r;11 •# fid exliihitiou of de])ort meut he Inis yet - show 11 in t he Commons.