HOW POLICIES ARE MADE.
]DE\K ABOUT Till) ADDRESS-IN-HEI'J.Y UKBATE. A novel imp for the Address-in-Koply debate was .-UKRivtwl to Mr. lloriiu in I lie yesterday. Hi; said Hint; at Olio time he' loll: Hint till.' debate was unnecessary—fhnt it might bo confined, sii.v, to the Prime Minister and tin? Leader ol' tlie Opposition, and, say, new members. Subsequently, liotcvw, ho began to think that tlve debate might ho used liy tho (iovernmont as a feeler to ;:i-t an indication of tho views of numbers ou various subjects. 11l that way this (loverniiicnl would be able to frame ils policy before bringing down lis financial statement, lie could see Dial: if members did not have an opportunity of e.x----p reusing their views it was possible that the Government might bring down a policy which was not satisfactory to its own supporters. 11 is experience, however, hail been that the debate hail not been so use!. "ft therefore seems doubtful," milled Mr. Ilogan, "whether it would not be better to dispense vit.li the debnle." Mr. Ilogan might have added that the best use which the debate this session has served has been to waste time until tlie Government legislation ia ready.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 863, 8 July 1910, Page 6
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199HOW POLICIES ARE MADE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 863, 8 July 1910, Page 6
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