Members of Parliament entered their respective Houses at Westminster. In the House of Lords, the Lord High Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack. In the House of Commons, the Speaker took the chair. The summer session began.
House of Commons:
¶Because the budget debate had not been completed with the last session (TIME, May 11, 18, June 8), the House went into committee on the budget. Premier Baldwin announced that the Government had decided to impose a 33 1/3% ad valorem duty on imported lace. A motion to that effect was accordingly introduced. Miss Ellen Wilkinson, Laborite, asked whether the...
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