THE ROYAL FAMILY

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 877, 25 July 1910, Page 5

THE ROYAL FAMILY

CIVIL LIST DISCUSSED. VIEWS OF LABOUR MEMBERS. AMENDMENT DEFEATED BY 206 TO 26. . By Teleffraph—Press Association— CopyrightLondon, July 22. In Committee of the House of Commons, Mr, G. N. 13 tunes, Labour member for the Blackfriars Division of Glasgow, moved the reduction, of the Civil List to .£385,000. He urged that the revenues of the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster should be handed to the Exchequer. It was an insult to the Committee's intelligence to tell them that the revenue from the Duchy of Cornwall, amounting to .£92,000 .a year, should bo handed to a sixteen (the Prince of Wales), ur that he could spend it. He declared the Royal Household was honeycombed with abuses—parasites battening on the nation under the shadow of the Throne. Mr. Balfour (Leader of the Opposition) pointed out that for years the funds of the Duchy of Cornwall bad gone to the Sovereign's eldest sou. Other speakers argued that the duchies were Crown property, and never the Sovereign's private possession. The amendment was defeated by 20G votes to 28. Other Labour amendments resulted in similar voting. Mr. Hardie, Labour member for Merthyr-Tydvil, caused great protests by saying that they were voting money to enable the King's children to live in luxury, ease, and idleness. Mr. Lloyd-George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) said this charge was the last that could be brought against the Royal Family. ' • VOLUNTARY TAXATION. . (Bee. July 24, 5.5 p.m.) London, July 23. During the Civil List dehate, the statement was made that Queen Victoria voluntarily paid income tax, and King Edward continued to do so. King George has been relieved of tax, but pays the costs of his own and other people's State visits.