THE VETO BILL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 276, 12 April 1911, Page 5

THE VETO BILL

. ♦ THE FIRST STAGE OF REFORM. CLAUSE CARRIED BY THE COMMONS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 12, 12.25 a.m. London. April 11 In the House of Commons the suspension of the eleven o'clock rule and the adoption of the "kangaroo closure," empowering the Chairman of Committee to winnow amendments, enabled the carrying of the first sub-section of clause 1 of the Veto Bill. Mr. Churchill accepted an amendment making it clear that the clause deals with public and not private money Bills. Clause 1 of the Veto Bill reads:— (1) If a Money Bill, having been passed by the House of Commons, and sent up to the House of Lords at least one month before the end of the session, is not passed by the House of Lords without amendment within one month after it is sent up to that House, the Bill shall, unless the House of Commons direct to the contrary, be presented to His Majesty and become an "Act of .Parliament on the Royal Assent being signified/ndtWiths&nding that House of Lords lave riot consented to the Bill (2) A Money Bill means a Bill which in the opinion of the Speaker of the House of Commons contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following subjects, namely, the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration, or regulation of taxation; charges on the ConSblidatea Fiffld or the provision of money by Parliamenl; Supply; the appropriation, control, of regulation Of public money; the raising or guarantee of any loan or the repayment thereof; or matters incidental to those subjects or any of them. (3)' When a Bill to which the House of Lords has not consented is presented to His Majesty for assent as a Money Bill, the Bill shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Speaker of the House of Commons that it is a. Money Bill. (4) No amendment shall be allowed to a Money Bill which, in the opinion of the Speaker of the House of Commons, is such as to prevent the Bill retaining the character of a Money Bill. WHY IT IS FEARED. Received 11, 10.15 p.m. London, April 11. Mr. Runciman, addressing the National Liberal Club, said the Veto Bill was feared not for itself but because it would make possible Home Rule, and educational, licensing and electoral reforms. The last-named was the most feared. He wanted the religious difficulty removed to enable the country to attend to edu-. cation itself, which was linked with every phase of social reform.