IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 304, 18 May 1911, Page 5

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

REFORM OF THE LORDS. DEBATE IN THE LORDS. Bv Cable—Press Association—Copyright London. May 10. Lord Lansdowne, speaking in the debate on the Reform Bill, said that though there were great difficulties in the way. he did not despair of arranging lor the representation of other religious denominations besides the Anglican. Nothing ■was further from the thoughts of the Opposition than that the Government should accept his Bill in exchange for the Lords accepting the Veto Bill.

Lord Morley twitted Lord Lansdowne with ruling that 400 members were ineligible. The first essentials of any great scheme were stability and simplicity. Lord Lansdowne's Bill gave neither and satisfied no one. What the Government wanted to know was the relation of this Bill to the Veto Bill. The first business of the Government was to carry the latter.

The Duke of Devonshire, Lords Selborne and Willoughby Do Broke, supported and Lord Brassey opposed the Bill.

Lord Lamington advocated the incorporation of colonial representation. The debate was adjourned. THE GOVERNMENTS ATTITUDE. Received 17. 11 p.m. London, May 17. During the second reading of Lord Lansdowne's Bill, Lord Loreburn said he trusted Lord Lansdowne's fine temper, but the Liberals were still at the mercy of the present majority. Not until the Veto Bill became law would the Government be in a position to consider the reform proposal. lie heartily hoped it would then be possible to come to an agreement satisfactory to all sides. Such an agreement would lie more enduring because of its being founded on consent. The debate was adjourned. VETO BILL IX THE LORDS. Received IS, 12.5 a.m. London. May 17. The House of Lords formally read the Veto Bill a first time.