IMPERIAL POLITICS.
TRADES UNION BILL. London, November 29. The committee considering the Trades Union Bill rejected an amendment securing the division of trade unions’ political funds among various political parties, in accordance with the proportion of votes 'given at a special ballot of members of unions.
HOME RULE BILL. I lln the House of Commons, so far, only 78 lines of the Home Rule Bill have been discussed. Five hundred and thirty-four lines were closured, without discussion. Forty-eight amendments have been discussed, and 771 remain undiscussed.
DISESTABLISHMENT BILL. A heated discussion occurred over the resolution allocating the time for debating the Welsh Disestablishment Bill, which Mr Churchill extended to two da vs.
Mr Bonar Law declared that the House of Commons only existed for registering the Government decrees, like the French Chamber before the revolution. If the closure were conf mied the House of Commons would he destroyed as a legislative institution.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 81, 30 November 1912, Page 5
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152IMPERIAL POLITICS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 81, 30 November 1912, Page 5
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