26 JULY 1924, Page 2

At last, through the misty clamours of debate, the final

shape of the Bill is becoming clear. In essence it now seems that Mr. Wheatley's is but an extension of the Chamberlain Act of last year. His bargains and arrangements with the building employers and employees have been so hedged about and so conditioned that they can really have little value left... On the other hand, the Chamberlain scheme was beginning to produce houses, and it is therefore probable that Mr. Wheatley's scheme will also do so. Indeed, the Unionists, at any rate, are debarred from making any very grave onslaughts on what may be called the constructive side of the Bill, since, admittedly, Mr. Wheatley has taken their own measure as his model,.

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