§ 50. Mr. HUNTasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the Government has failed in achievement under the voluntary system in the case of the Territorial Army and of the fact that compulsory military training may be necessary in the near future, he can now say whether he will agree to make this a non-party question if the Leader of the Opposition will do the same?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI cannot accept any of the hon. Member's assumptions. So far as I am aware this is not a party question, and I trust it may not become one.
§ Mr. HUNTCan the right hon. Gentleman say whether in the future he will prevent the Patronage Secretary from going about the country saying that compulsion was infamous and a crime against mankind, and that the Liberal party would do everything they could to prevent it?
§ The PRIME MINISTERCertainly not. I shall do nothing of the kind.
§ Mr. HUNTDoes the right hon. Gentleman deny that the First Whip did say that the Liberal party would do everything they could to prevent it?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI certainly hope they will.