BRITISH POLITICS
TRADE UNION BILL PROGRESS IN THE LORDS, By Tftlegrftpn.-'-PreM Association.— Copyrljhl. LONDON, 6th February, ! The Trade Union Bill, reversing the Osbortte judgment, has been read a second time in the House of Lords without a division. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Haldane, I said the Bill was a fair settlement of a very difficult question. Lord Lansdowne, Leader of tbe Opposition, said the Opposition was not hostile to the Bill, but trade unionists not desiring to participate in politics must be protected. WELSH CHURCH DISESTABLISHMENT. "LAND OF OUB FATHERS. " LONDON, 6th February. Mr. Lloyd George made a reasoned defence Of the Welsh Church Bill on historical grounds. Mr, John Dillon (Nationalist) said Ireland wasproitd to repay the debt she owed to Wales's steady support of Home Rule. Sir David Brymor Jones said the Welsh were very grateful to their Irish friends. After the taking of the division, Mr. John Williams, Labour member for Gower, sang "Land of Our Fathers," and the Welsh members crowded into the lobby, other members joinihg in.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1913, Page 7
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