Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: Then defend it.
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: Is it not now possible to treat American citizens as though they were British citizens?
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the need for the teaching of the virtues of liberty and democracy, he contemplates taking steps to get such education into the schools in the Colonies; and whether he will consult the education authorities in the Colonies and the Ministry of Information in the matter, and consider combining such instruction with the...
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: Would my hon. Friend ask the Secretary of State whether he would consider, in view of the importance of the matter at the present time, setting up a small Departmental Committee to consider how we can improve the teaching of both the virtues and liberty of democracy and of English to the coloured inhabitants of the Empire?
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: May I ask further that the Advisory Education Committee for the Colonies should be asked for a report on what can be done at the present time, and, secondly, whether it is possible to co-operate with the India Office in a similar manner?
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to a recent broadcast by the Polish President, which was transmitted in a translated version over the Home Service, in which unsuitable references to Russia were made, giving the impression that we were involved in war with that country; and will he convey to the Polish authorities now in England that every...
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: Has the right hon. Gentleman seen a translation of this broadcast?
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether any progress can be reported with regard to allowing some of the Jews driven out of Rumania to enter Palestine; and will he also extend the same permission to Jews in Bulgaria, who have just now passed under Nazi rule, and to those in Yugoslavia before it is too late?
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: Is my hon. Friend aware that the number of certificates granted in Rumania bears no relation to the number of Jews who have been exterminated in that country recently, and will he see that steps are taken to help the people concerned to find a refuge?
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: Can the hon. Gentleman tell me how many?
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will consider, at this appropriate time, commencing the teaching in all State schools of the virtues of freedom; whether local education authorities have been, or will be, circularised accordingly; and what steps he proposes to take?
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: Has my hon. Friend's attention been drawn to the valuable anthology on freedom which is on the bookstalls, and will it be possible to recommend it for this purpose?
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: How many of them have been made compulsory and are authorised at the present time?
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: They are not compulsory in any way.
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: Name one.
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: There is no compulsion.
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: That is the whole difficulty.
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: The speech of the Parliamentary Secretary to-day was, I thought, admirable. It was divided into two sections. The first dealt with the management of the building industry during the war, on which question there has been little discussion here to-day, and the second, to which most of the discussion has been devoted, dealt with the question of whether and how we should plan for the general...
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: If my hon. Friend went to Sydney, he would see these lovely suburbs all round the harbour; at Washington he would see the houses with their gardens without fences. It is a very pleasant thing when people are able to make their gardens a decent size, and when they can get the amenities of the country combined with the conveniences of the town. There you have cases where, far from leading to...
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood: That is exactly my point. In New York the tax is levied on the value of the land, plus the value of the building, but you have to pay the tax, whether there is a building on the site or not. The price of land in the centre is therefore less than in the perimeter of the town.
