HC Deb 14 March 1935 vol 299 cc555-6
46. Mr. MARCUS SAMUEL

asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the garbled accounts of Parliamentary proceedings which appear in the Press, he will consider the adoption of a practice followed abroad of from time to time posting on prominent sites the speeches made by Government spokesmen on important issues; and whether he will initiate this by giving publicity, with the consent of the House, to the speeches made by the Lord President of the Council, and by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the Debate last Monday on the ministerial defence>statement?

Mr. BALDWIN

While I appreciate the point of my hon. Friend's question, I am not prepared at present to pursue the matter further.

Commander BOWER

Would the right hon. Gentleman consider giving publicity to the statement by the hon. and learned Member for East Bristol (Sir S. Cripps) on behalf of the Opposition, that the party opposite desire war in the Far East?

Mr. LAWSON

May I ask the right hon. Gentleman to give a great deal of serious attention to this question, because, there is a very great desire in this country to know what the Government think about anything?

Mr. T. WILLIAMS

Will the right hon. Gentleman—

Mr. SPEAKER

Mr. Kenneth Lindsay.