British Commonwealth of Nations: Parliament's Week: Mar. 17, 1924

COMMONWEALTH (British Commonwealth of Nations)

House of Lords. The House registered its disapproval of certain pacific utterances of William Leach, Under Secretary for Air, by adopting without division the following motion:

ΒΆ"That the House, while earnestly desiring further limitation of armaments, so far as consistent with the safety and integrity of the Empire, affirms the principle laid down by the late Government, and accepted by the imperial conference, that Great Britain must maintain a home defence air force of sufficient strength to give adequate protection against air attacks by the strongest air...

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