THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
PROPOSALS FOR REFORM,
In view of the agitation for the re'form of the House of Lords, it is of interest to note some of the main points of the report and recommendations oi •Lord Rosebery’s Committee of Peers on the subject. If the report’s recommendations are carried out, the House of Lords will consist of: Peers of the blood royal ... 3 Peers elected by hereditary Peers ••• _• -CO Peers qualified by public service ' ••• 130 Two Archbishops and S elected bishops 10 Lords of Appeal (Judges) ... o Life Peers, 4 per annum, with maximum of 40 at any one .time 40 The voting strength of the House of Lords at present is about 620. “Lords of Parliament” is to be the title of •those who sit and vote in the House ot ■Lords. , •> —Elected Peers. — Exclusive of the royal Peers and the bishops there are 592 hereditary Peers. ■Some of these find Parliamentary work irksome, and others should not be ontrusted with it. These will elect 200 of their number to sit for a Parliament only. It is unnecessary to make special arrangements for representation of Irish and Scottish Peers. Every hereditary Peer will have 200 votes and he may give as many votes as he likes to one candidate. Official representatives of Canada, Australia, Aew Zealand, and South Africa during their •tenure of office would be of advantage. Tho views of the Colonial Governments should be asked on how to carry this arrangement cut. —Qualified Peers. — Besides the elected Peers, any Peer will he qualified to sit and vote who is or has been: — . 1. Cabinet Minister, Viceroy, or Governor-General. , 2. Ambassador, head of Government Department, or ’ Governor of Certain 'Colonies, etc., with four years such service or 25 years’ Civil Service. t or Lieutenant-Gen. 61 L Judge of Appeal, Attorney-Gener-al, Solicitor-General, or Lord Advocate 6. Lord Great Chamberlain, Earl Marshal, Chairman of Co3 “®?J^ ee ®i political Undersecretary, or lvoldei c political or Court office vacated bj change of Government. •,. 7. aI.P. for ten years on succeeding to hereditary peerage. . S. M.P. for 20 years on being cieated hereditary or life Peer. _
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2682, 11 December 1909, Page 2
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356THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2682, 11 December 1909, Page 2
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