BRITISH DEFENCES
DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS WITHDRAWAL OF MOTION FOR INQUIRY. SATISFACTORY CO-OPERATION. (British Official Wireless.) ' (Received This Day, 10.7 a.m.) RUGBY, November 4. The House of Lords debate on national defences ended without division, Lord Strabolgi withdrawing his motion for an independent inquiry, which having been drafted a month ago, was, he agreed, too widely drafted in the light of what is now known.
Replying to the criticism that Government action fell short of requirements in regard to the speeding up of rearmament and the organising of national service, Lord Stanhope said that as to the former it was useless to set up a Ministry of Supply unless it was given compulsory powers. The Government felt that what it was doing, in full co-operation with employers and workmen, who were helping the Government in every possible way, was better than establishing a Ministry with compulsory powers. In regard to registration, the Government saw no object in having a compulsory national register.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 November 1938, Page 5
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