29 APRIL 1926
Efforts to make progress towards settling the coal problem were unsuccessful. Negotiations between the parties were carried on until a late hour, and will be resumed to-day. The position is reported to be one of great gravity.
By 57 votes to 44 the House of Lords adopted Lord Buckmaster’s resolution requesting the Government to withhold all instructions given to or conditions imposed on Welfare Committees for the purpose of causing such committees to withhold from married women in their district information sought by such women as to the best means of limiting their families.
Further debate took place in the House of Commons on the Budget resolutions. Sir Robert Horne’s speech at the opening of the discussion and the Chancellor’s reply to the debate were the chief features.
Further questions were addressed to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the House of Commons in regard to the Russo-German Treaty.
At a meeting at Westminster a National Emergency Council and Executive were constituted to fight the proposed Betting Tax on behalf of the Churches.