Mr. LLOYD: May I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he is not aware that any Member of the Government is open to any criticisms in the public Press, and whether he is not aware that in a grave Crisis of International Affairs like this one who is a Member of this House is perfectly entitled, without discourtesy to another Member, to criticise his conduct in the public Press?

I would further point out that this is the first Crisis in International Affairs since the War when no meeting of the League of Nations Council has been summoned.

It is, perhaps, to be expected, when the legislative assembly of a great nation like this comes up against a major Crisis in International Affairs, which is likely, from our experience of the last two or three years in Europe, to lead to an almost immediate and still greater crisis, that Members of the House will seek to look at the issues involved with the greatest amount both of seriousness and of responsibility, and, in the interests of the nation, will endeavour to find as many points of agreement as possible, while not neglecting their duty of pointing out to the Government of the day what may be the points of difference.

During that period we shall not only have our present Crisis in International Affairs, we expect to have the Festival of Britain, we may have a General Election.

This remains the most serious Crisis in International Affairs, even by comparison with all the others we have discussed.