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| | Neville Chamberlain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06) |
 | | The press baron Max Aitken, 1st Baron BeaverbrookLord Beaverbrook launched a campaign for "Empire Free Trade," meaning the removal of tariffs within the British Empire and the erection of external tariffs; he was supported in his opposition to Baldwin by Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount RothermereLord Rothermere, who also opposed Baldwin's support for Indian independence. |
 | | However, on the suggestion of Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount HailshamLord Hailsham, the government agreed to suspend the principle of collective responsibility and allow the free traders to publicly oppose the introduction of tariffs without giving up membership in the government. |
 | | The Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentHome Secretary, Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount TemplewoodSir Samuel Hoare, proposed a radical reform of the criminal justice system, including the abolition of flogging, which was also put on hold. |
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