Professor W. G. S. ADAMS and Mr. H. L. BEALES : ' Parliamentary Government'
Parliamentary government, evolved through eight, centuries of English history, emerged in the last century as the essentially British political framework of democracy. Imitated, adapted and adopted by many powers before the war, of late years it has been rejected by many countries in favour of dictatorship, various forms of federation, communism or fascism. The virtues and defects of the system by which this country is governed will be clearly shown by opposing experts tonight. The systems adopted by other world powers will be subjected to the same scrutiny in subsequent debates.