REFORM OF THE LORDS
A SUGGESTION. By Telegraph-Press Assoriallcn-CouyrlcM London, March 13. Mr. Frederic Harrison, the wellknown Positivist leader and writer, in a letter to "Tho Times," suggests that until a permanent Upper House has been evolved, a temporary expedient might bo found in tho formation of n Parliamentary Committee of seventyfive members selected from the Privy Council—and excluding royal or clerical councillors and Commoners—to arbitrate with regard to conflicts between tho House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Mr. Harrison argues that every Privy Councillor who does not belong to cither House would bo emphatically independent and moderate.
He adds: "The committee suggested would resemble the Supreme Court of the United States, which acts judicially in protecting,the Constitution."
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1076, 15 March 1911, Page 7
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120REFORM OF THE LORDS Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1076, 15 March 1911, Page 7
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