The Government sustained a defeat in the House of Commons by seven votes over grievances concerning the treatment of ex-service men. Major Boyd-Carpenter, Minister of Labor, said that all questions relative to ex-service men would be considered by a committee. The House, however, evinced its dislike of committees by defeating the official motion " that the House do now go into committee of supply on civil service estimates."
Two days later an uproar occurred in the House at question time, inspired chiefly by the defeat of the Government on the question of...
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