At least it
rather shocked me to be told that we were getting too much for the pound
before the War. Mr. BALDWIN, for the Government, made a speech so full of
sound commonsense that Sir FREDERICK BANBURY hoped he would send a special
copy of it to San Remo for the edification of the PRIME MINISTER.
The rest of the evening was mainly taken up with the case of the Irish
hunger-strikers. Mr. BONAR LAW was at first very stiff in his attitude,
pointing out quite reasonably that if the Government found it necessary to
intern people suspected of crime it was absurd to let them out again
because they threatened to commit suicide. Several Members, English as well
as Irish, thought that there was a case for differentiating between
convicted prisoners and those who were merely under suspicion, and on the
adjournment the Irish Attorney-General a little relieved the prevailing
gloom by a hint that some modification of the prison-rules might be made on
these lines.
_Wednesday, April 14th._--The MINISTER OF HEALTH announced with some pride
that under the Housing Acts passed last year no fewer than 1,346 dwellings
had actually been completed, and twelve thousand more were in various
stages of construction.
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