HOME RULE BILL.
London, April xi
All seats were secured in the House of Commons for the Home Rule debate hours before proceedings commenced. The Premier said there would be an Irish Senate of forty, all nominated, and a House of Commons of 164, of whom 59 would represent Ulster. Forty-two Irish members would sit in the Imperial Parliament.
Among the matters excluded from the Irish Parliament were Crown and Imperial affairs, navy and army, Land Purchase Act, old age pensions, national insurance, constabulary. Post Office Savings Bank, and collection of Imperial taxes. The Imperial Parliament retains the power of vetoing or postponing legislation. The cardinal principle was that the Imperial Parliament would surrender its supreme authority. The Premier explained that the Irish Parliament would be unable to endow any religion. There would be no religious tests nor interference with the validity of mixed marriages. Irish revenue would be collected Imperially and transferred to the Irish Parliament with a grant at the outset of half a million yearly. Customs and excise would be transferred to Ireland with limitations on increasing customs.
An angry scene ensued, Mr Bonar Law repeating that the Government had sold themselves for votes, and the Premier indignantly rebutting this allegation. Sir Edward Carson said the Bill was ridiculous aud unworkable.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1030, 13 April 1912, Page 3
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214HOME RULE BILL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1030, 13 April 1912, Page 3
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