THE VETO BILL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10281, 8 July 1911, Page 5

THE VETO BILL

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THE COMMITTEE STAGELORD CROMER'S AMENDMENT. (Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock.) LONDON, July 7. In the House of Lords, the Committee stage of the Parliament Bill has been terminated. Lord Newton's amendment, exempting from its operation until after the general election any Bill further limiting the legislative powers of the House, was withdrawn, with a view to introduacing it as a separate clause. Lord Morley remarked that this was the only amendment that did not contradict the fundamental principle of the Bill, but taken in conjunction with Lord Lansdowne's amendment, the Government was unable to accept it. Lord Cromer's amendment, to the effect that a new section be inserted, in Clause I of the Bill, to provide for the appointment of a joint committee of seven members from each House, with- the Speaker as Chairman, to decide what is a money Bill, and other doubtful points which' may arise in connection with the interpretation of the Bill; the Speaker and the Lord Chancellor to select the committee in such a manner as to secure an impartial tribunal, was adopted, with Lord St. Aldwyn's addition, giving the Speaker, besides a vote, a casting vote. NEWSPAPER COMMENTS. A POSSIBLE COMPROMISE. (Received Last Night, 9.45 o'clock.) LONDON, July 7. Unionist newspapers state that considerable importance is attached to Lord Peel's speech, in which he urged the Government to give the Speaker a committee to assist him, and not jeopardi e his impartial standing by making him the sole authority on disputes between the two Houses. , Lord Morley's not unfriendly reception of Lord Newton's amendment, coupled with the desire of the Unionist side to see it presented on the report, stage and not complicated by. other is- ' sues, has raised hopes of it serving ns a basis of a compromEse. The Times remarks that there is little doubt that if the Unionist leaders acquiesced in the House of Commons rejecting their main amendments, the Government would accept Lord Newton's amendment; which, with the-proposal to give the Speaker the assistance of a Committee, represents the pivot of an ultimate arrangement.