Book Chapter

ENGLISH HISTORY: CHAPTER I. INDUSTRIAL UNREST AND PARTY DISAFFECTION

1931

Overview

The South Wales Coal Stoppage (pg. 1). The “More-Looms-to-a-Weaver” Dispute (pg. 1-2). Labour Unrest (pg. 2). Railways Dispute (pg. 2-3). Employers and Social Services (pg. 3-4). Trade Union Rejoinder (pg. 4). Economy Campaign (pg. 4). India Round-Table Conference Report (pg. 4-5). Winding-up of Conference (pg. 5). Prime Minister's Statement (pg. 5-6). Position of the Government (pg. 6). Defeat on Education Bill (pg. 6-7). Liberals and Trade Unions Bill (pg. 7-8). Second Reading Debate (pg. 8-9). Debate on India Conference (pg. 9-11). Mr. Churchill's Secession (pg. 11). Liberal Rapprochement to Government (pg. 11-12). Electoral Reform Bill, Second Reading (pg. 12). Schneider Trophy Race (pg. 12-13). Lords and Russian Timber Imports (pg. 13). Agricultural Marketing Bill (pg. 13-14). Debate on Public Expenditure (pg. 14). Mr. Snowden's Warning (pg. 14-15). Reception by Labour Party (pg. 15). Government and Liberal Unemployment Scheme (pg. 15). Mr. Lloyd George's Attack on the City (pg. 15-16). More Borrowing for Unemployment Insurance Fund (pg. 16-17). Mr. Snowden and Labour Party (pg. 17). Lords Reject Education Bill (pg. 17). Lords and Land Utilisation Bill (pg. 17-18). Withdrawal of Trade Unions Bill (pg. 18). Relations of Liberals with Government (pg. 18-19). Sir O. Mosley's New Party (pg. 19). Sir C. Trevelyan's Letter (pg. 19). Mr. Henderson's Visit to Paris and Rome (pg. 19-20). Miners' Federation and the Government (pg. 20-21). M.P.'s Railway Vouchers (pg. 21). Protest against Sir E. Gowers's Appointment (pg. 21). Estimates for 1931–32 (pg. 21). Debate on Army Estimates (pg. 21-22). on Navy Estimates (pg. 22). on Air Estimates (pg. 22-23). “Press Lords” and Mr. Baldwin (pg. 23). Attack on his India Policy (pg. 23-24). His Defence (pg. 24). Its Success (pg. 24-25). The St. George's By-Election (pg. 25-26). Parliament and the Alternative Vote (pg. 26). And the University Vote (pg. 26). Liberal Party Crisis (pg. 26-27). Railway Wages Award (pg. 27). Britain's Accession to the General Act Approved (pg. 27-28). Government's India Policy (pg. 28-29). Economy Committee Appointed (pg. 29). Criticism of B.B.C. (pg. 29-30). Ministerial Changes (pg. 30). London Traffic Bill, Second Reading (pg. 30-31). Lancashire and the Indian Boycott (pg. 31). Mr. Henderson and Austro-German Customs Union (pg. 31). M.P.'s and Mercantile Contracts (pg. 31-32). Report on Loss of R101 (pg. 32). Consumers' Council Bill, Second Reading (pg. 32). Accounts for 1930–31 (pg. 32-33). Lord Beaverbrook and the Conservative Party (pg. 33). I.L.P. Conference (pg. 33-34). Liberals and Protection (pg. 34).

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