LORDS AND COMMONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 17 June 1907, Page 3

LORDS AND COMMONS.

BESTRICTING THE LORDS' VETO. RESOLUTION SUBMITTED FOR DISCUSSION. Received 18th, 4.35 p.m. London, June 15. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman has given notice of the following resolution for discussion on the 24th: "Ir order to give effect to the will of the people, us expressed bv tli > elected i<?presentatives, if necessary, the power of the other House . to alter or reject Bills be so restricted by law as to secure that within the limits of a single Parliament, the final decision of the Commons will prevaiL" NEWSPAPER CRITICISM. ' j THE ATTACK RIDICULED. Received 16th. 4.35 p.m. London, June 15. Unionist newspapers ridicule the Government's attack on the Lords. ..Commenting on Sir H. CampbellBannerman's resolution re the House of Lords, the Times considers it carries no practical consequence, but foreshadows a policy of the virtual abolition of the Lords. The Morning Post says the concentration of the Liberals' energies on the House of Lords question implies the postponement of their promises of social reforms. The Daily News says the resolution will mark a revolution. It embodies a great policy wherein all the forces of reform and democratic progress will be united, namely, abolition of the Lordsveto. "*"" The Chronicle says Sir Henry Camp-oell-Bannerman was perfectly right not to formulate a plan regarding the Lords. The proper time for launching a definite scheme is when there is a dissolution. LORD NEWTON'S BILL. t SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED. I Received 16th, 4.50 p.m. 0 London, June 15. a A seJect committee, appointed by the n Peera to consider Lord Newton's Bill, o for the reforming of the Lords includes i' the Duke of Devonshire, and Lords I Lansdowne, Rosebcrv. St. Aldwvn, Bur- y ton, Selby, Ribblesdole, and Courtney. '„