Mr. Clynes welcomed the proposal for fresh means of conciliation
as such, but absolutely refused to sanction its incorporation in the Bill. If the Bill were abandoned, Labour would welcome Sir Leslie Scott's proposal. Mr. Lloyd George deplored the pedantry which rejected a good thing because of the circumstances in which it was offered. Why should Labour sulk so much at losing its jam as to wave away all nutrition ? Sir Alfred Mond spoke so glowingly of the Canadian example that it looked as though the Government might accept the amendment, but after other speeches had been made the Minister of Labour rejected it as inappropriate to the Bill. The Bill, he explained, had the very definite objective of outlawing a general strike, and it must not deal with other strikes. Nevertheless, he would be glad to set up a Committee of Inquiry to inquire into the whole question of conciliation in industry.
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