IMPERIAL POLITICS.
THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
“NOT SUFFICIENTLY REPRESEN-
TATIVE.’’
lUNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) LONDON, April 5. Lord Balfour of Burleigh, in a speech at Edinburgh, declared that the House of Lords was not sufficiently representative but if the Government pressed their numerical advantage they would not get .a durable settlement. Settlement- by consent was wanted, not defeat by one party.
THE PARLIAMENT BILL.
UNIONIST AMENDMENT DE-
FEATED
(Received April 7 1 a.m.) LONDON, April 6. The Parliament Bill is making slow progress in the Commons. Dr. Hilliers’ (Unionist member for Hitchin) amendment, that the Lords should have power to move amendments to money Bills, was rejected by 287 to 199. Mr Winston Churchill admitted the Australian) second chamber had that power, .but that chamber, he said, was constituted on a popular basis. Possibly when the House of Lords was reconstituted the Government ivould reconsider the point. A SCRIMMAGE IN THE LOBBY.
The closure was constantly moved, and the irritation resulted in a slight scrimmage in the division lobby, in which there was much pushing, and some members’ tall hats were knocked off.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3189, 7 April 1911, Page 5
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182IMPERIAL POLITICS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3189, 7 April 1911, Page 5
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