HC Deb 30 July 1942 vol 382 c686
48. Mr. John Dugdale

asked the Prime Minister what further powers he proposes to ask the House to grant him in relation to the conduct of the war?

Mr. Attlee

The Prime Minister desires me to say that he has no new proposals to submit to the House on this subject.

Mr. Dugdale

Does this mean that the Prime Minister repudiates the statement of the Chairman of the Conservative Club at Manchester on Friday and that, unlike his colleague, he believes that this country, as a democracy, can wage war successfully, and that under no circumstances—

Mr. Speaker rose

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