BRITISH POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1951, 6 December 1906, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT London, Dec. 4. Lord Lmsdowne’s amendment to the Education Bill incensed Lord Ripon, who, thumping the books before him, deolared it was wholly impossible for the Govern - mint to aocede to an amendment striking at the very heart of the Bill. Lord Orewe ultimately promised to oonsidar the possibility of dealing with any hardship likely to arise under clause 4. THE EDUCATION BILL. PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received 9.30 p.m., Dec. 5 London, Deo. 5. Sir H. Oampbell-Baunermao, in a letter in roply so a memorial from noaconfor--mieS members of the House of Commons, states that he is unable to foresee the purport of tha Housa of Lards’ amendment- to tha Education Bill, but she Government will tako tha most likely course to ensure the passing of the 8.1 l iu aoeordaooe with their objsot. Newspapers oompare Mr Lloyd Georgs’s Oxford declarasion that the Government does not insond to dissolve over tho E ducation Bill with Sir H. Campbell Bannerman’s statomeutoontemplating tbe passing of tho Bill.

Tho Times considers the settlement doubtful beoause Sir H. Oampbull Bannerman ranges himself on the side of Nonconformist members of the House of Commons. Nevertheless, despise the denunciation of the House cf Lords’ amendment, the debate more and more shows that the drafting and maohinery of the original Bill is utterly ineffective. Received 11 p.m„ Dee. 5. The House of Lords read the Trades Disputes Bill a second time wiihoul division.