LORDS AND THE VETO BILL.
frSECOND AMENDMENT MOVED. LORD LANSDOWNE ON DANGERS OF THE MEASURE. REPLY BY LORD MORLEY. Br TclceranH—l'ress Association— CosyriEht (liec. July (i, 0.5 a.m.) London, July 5. The Parliament Bill was further considered in Committee in tho House of Lords yesterday. Lord Lansdowne, Leader of tho Opposition in tho House, moved his amendment to Clause II exempting from tho operation of tho Bill any Bills affcctinj The existence of the Crown, Tho Protestant Succession, Home Rule for Ireland, Sootland, Wales, or England, Anything which a joint committee of tho two Houses regards as an issue of great gravity, upon which tho judgment of the country lias been insufficiently expressed. Under the clause as it stood, said Lord Lansdowne, neither tho Crown, tho Constitution, the union of Groat Britain and Ireland, tho Church, nor the nation's political liberties were safe. The House of Lords fully admitted that somo readjustment between the Houses was essential, and it was willing to meet tho Government in a reasonable spirit. Ho challenged the Government to fulfil their pledge to reform the composition of the House. Lord Morley, Lord President of the Council, replied for tho Government, strongly opposing the amendment. Ho remarked . that Lord Lansdowne was not justified in expecting tho Government at this stage to help in constructing some particular machinery. He could not imagine the House of Commons passing a Bill impairing the Crown or the Protostant Succession, and contended that to insist on preserving for the House of Lords a decided voice in tho reshaping of the Government of Ireland was a maladroit in view of the record of that House with regard to Irish affairs during tho last hundred years. The mischief of absentee landlordism had been aggravated by the mischief of on absenteo Parliament. Lord Lansdowne's proposed committee, which was intended to decide matters without appeal would override and supersede the House of Commons.
Lord Courtney (Liberal) supported the proposal for a referendum on constitutional questions. The debate was adjourned.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1172, 6 July 1911, Page 5
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334LORDS AND THE VETO BILL. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1172, 6 July 1911, Page 5
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