BRITISH POLITICS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8466, 17 June 1907, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Received June W, 4.35 p.m. LONDON, June 15. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has given notice of the following resolution for discussion on the 24th inst.: —"That in order to give effect to the will of the people,aa expressed by the elected representatives, it is necessary that 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 the House of Commons shall prevail." ' The Unionist newspapers'ridicule the Government's attack on the House of Lords. NEWSPAPER COMMENTS. Received June 16, 4.35 p.m. LONDON, June 15. Commenting of Sir Henry CampellBannerman's resolution, The Times considers that it carries no practical consequence, but foreshadows a policy for the virtual abolition of the House of Lords. The Morning Post considers that the, concentration of the Liberal energies on the House of Lords question implies a postponement of their promises of social reforms. The Daily News says that the resolution will mark a revolution which embodies the great policy wherein all the of reform and democratic progress will be united, namely, the abolition of the House of Lords veto. Received June 16, 4.50 p.m. LONDON, June 15. The Select Committee appointed by the Peers to consider Lord Newton's Bill to reform the House of Lords includes the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lords Rosebery, St. Aldwyn, Burton, Selby, Ribblesdale, and Courtney.

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