THE LIBERAL MINIMUM

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 851, 24 June 1910, Page 5

THE LIBERAL MINIMUM

COMMONS MUST PREVAILNO WEAKENING ON ESSENTIAL POINT. REFORM OF LOBDS INOPPORTUNE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright, (liec. Juno 23, 10.30 p.m.) London, Juno 23. The National Liberal Club has adopted a resolution, which, while expressing complete confidence in the' Government and recognising that. a general election at the present juncture would not be in tho best interests of the country, emphasises the importance of regarding tho House of Commons' resolutions on the Lords' veto as the only basis for a settlement of the constitutional crisis. The resolution adds thsb the essential point is to secare that the will of tho House of Commons shall prevail on all matters of legislation within tho life of one Parliament. In conclusion it is declared that the present moment is inopportune for considering tho reform of the House of Lords. [The second of the veto resolutions introduced. by Mr. Asquith lays it down that if a Bill has'passed the House of Commons in three sessions, and has throe tiroes been rejected by the House of Lords, it "shall become law without the consent of the House of Lords on tho Royal assent being declared." An interval of two years must elapse between th© introduction of the Bill and its final passage, and under tho resolution, the Lords can only propose amendments accepted by the House of Commons, all others being considered equivalent to rejection.]