VETO RESOLUTIONS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10001, 23 March 1910, Page 5

VETO RESOLUTIONS.

MR ASQUITH DETAILS THEM. THE LORDS TO BE DISABLED BY LAW. FROM REJECTING OR AMENDING MONEY BILLS. OTHER RESTRICTIONS PROPOSED. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received March 22, 10.12 p.m. LONDON, March 22.

In the House of Commons, Mr Asquitb detailed the veto resolutions. First, it was expedient that the Lords should be disabled by law from rejecting or amending money bills. These he defined as Bills, which the Speaker considers contain only provisions for dealing with the imposition, repeal, remission, altera-, tion and regulation ol taxation; also, charges on the Consolidated .bund or provision money by Parliament; also Supply and Appropriation, control or rejection of public money; also raising and guaranteeing the repayment loans or matters incidental to these subjects."

The second resolution is that it is expedient that the Lords' powers, respecting Bills other than money bills, be legally restricted so that when the Bill has passed the Commons for three successive sessions, and been sent to the Lords at a month before the end of the session and rejected in each of the three sessions, it shall become law without the Lords' consent, upm the Royal assent, provided that at least two years shall elapse between the first introduction to the Commons and the date when the Bill passes the Commons a third time. Bills shall be treated as rejected, it not passed by the Lords without amendment, or with only amendments atrteu to by both Houses. , The third resolution limits the duration of Parliament to five yearsw

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Received March 22, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, March 22.

Mr Lloyd-George, Hon. A. BirreUj the Master of Elibank (Hon. J. Murray), Mr Redmond, and Mr. Dillon, held a conference lasting an hour. The result is unknown, but the Ministerialists are hopeful that a modus vivendi will be arranged. The "Daily News" states that the. resolutions will create profound satisfaction throughout the country, as they are not complicated by the ques-, tions of the Second Chamber reform.

The "Chronicle" says that any serious disunion would be fatal, as the passage of the budget is essential. The Radical lobby opinion criticises the provision whereby two years must elapse between the first introduction and the third rejection. This will have the effect of sterilising the closing years of a- Parliaments existence.

The Lords agreed at the committee stage to two of Lord Kosebery's resolutions. A lively discussion followed Lord Killanin's proposal to limit the application of the third resolution to the future peerages. Lord Rosebery, the Duke of Northumberland, and Lord JLansdowne urged Lord Killanin to withdraw his motion on the ground that the amendmeut was open to criticism and that the Peers desired to preserve their own interests. Lord Killanin agreed to this course, and the debate was adjourned.