LABOUR'S CLOSE CALL
SAVED BY CONSERVATIVE LAXITY DEFEAT AVERTED United .P.A. —By Telegraph—Copyright Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Friday. Excitement was caused in the House of Commons when the Conservatives decided to support a Liberal amendment to the Pensions Bill to make the payment of insurance money to persons under the age of IS conditional upon their attendance at some course of instruction. The Minister of Labour, Miss Margaret Bondfield, opposed the amendment, on the ground that it was impracticable, as machinery for giving the instruction did not exist. For some time it was believed that the Government would be defeated, but the amendment was lost by 237 votes to 167. Labour members cheered, and one of them shouted: “The new coalition will not work.” The Conservative Part}’ Whips are annoyed at the laxity of the attendance of the rank and file of the party, and point out that they missed a rare opportunity on Thursday night to defeat the Government on the Pensions Bill amendment. Only 123 out of 260 Conservatives were present in the House, otherwise the Government would easily have been defeated, because 54 Liberals voted silodly against the Government,
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 834, 30 November 1929, Page 9
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192LABOUR'S CLOSE CALL Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 834, 30 November 1929, Page 9
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