TRANSPORT BILL
DEBATED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS WRECKING MOTION DEFEATED By Tdeeraph-PreßO Aesodatlon-OopyrisM. London, July 30. There is considerable interest in the debate in tho House of Lords on tho Committeo stage of tho Transport Bill. Notice has been given of a long series ol amendments confining the scope of the Bill to railways 'and inland waterways. Lord Salisbury led tho opposition, moving a, wrecking motion empowering the House to divide the Bill into two parts, the first dealing with railways, and the second dealing with tramways, roads, bridges, and vehicular traffic thereon, hai'bours, docks and piers, the House to report on each Bill separately. He said Sir Eric Geddos's administration in* Prance, however justifiable in war time, lybuld ruin the country if followed in peace time. Lord Lytton, in reply, said the motion was without precedent. Tho Government would in no circumstances accept tho responsibility for carrying a law in part, in stead of tho whole Bill. The motion, if insisted upon, might precipitate a constitutional crisis of tho first magnitude. Lord Salisbury's motion was rejected by 110 votes to 59.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn..
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 264, 4 August 1919, Page 7
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185TRANSPORT BILL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 264, 4 August 1919, Page 7
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