BRITISH POLITICS.
A CROWDED HOUSE. LORDS' VETU. MR ASQUITH'S MOTION. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Capyright, Received March 30, 9 a.m. LONDON, March 29. The question of the House of Lords' veto was considered in the ■ House of Commons today. There was a crowded House, among those present being the Prince of Wales and many Ambassadors. Mr Asquith and Mr Baltour received enthusiastic receptions. Mr Asquith moved: "That this Houde resolve itself in to a committee to consider the relations of the two Houses and the duration of Parliament." The Prime Minister admitted that he had changed his youthful opinions, and now considered two Chambers expedient. He proceeded on a long constitutional argument to prove that limitation of the veto and shortening of Parliaments was the most practical way of securing that the popular will would not be frustrated. A referendum, or a joint session of the two Houses, as in Australia, were inadmissible under existing circumstances. He concluded: "The Lords' absolute veto must follow the Crown's veto before the road is' cleared for the advance of a full-grown, unfettered democracy." Mr Balfour replied to Mr Asquith's arguments.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10006, 31 March 1910, Page 5
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188BRITISH POLITICS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10006, 31 March 1910, Page 5
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