HC Deb 28 October 1937 vol 328 c227
47. Mr. Dingle Foot

asked the Prime Minister whether and, if so, when an opportunity will be given to the House of Commons to discuss the report of the Unemployment Assistance Board for 1936?

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon)

I see no reason for making special arrangements for the discussion of this report.

Mr. Foot

Does the right hon. Gentleman appreciate that this report was made available to the House such a short time before the Summer Recess that it was quite impossible for the Opposition parties to discuss it on a Supply Day, and does not this procedure destroy the last vestige of Parliamentary control?

Sir J. Simon

As far as I can see, the subject can be raised on the Debate on the Address, and also when a suitable opportunity arises on a Supply Day.