PARTIES AND THE PEERS
UNIONIST REFORM MOTION. LABOUR’S DEMAND. SINGLE CHAMBER OR “HONEST STUPIDITY.” (Received Wednesday, 6.50 p.m.) LONDON, February 15. In the House of Commons, during the debate on the Estimates, a discussion arose on the reform of the House if Lords, Mr. Gerald Hurst, K.C. (Conservative) moving a motion in favour of reducing the hereditary character of the Upper Chamber.
Professor Lees Smith (Labour) moved an amendment declaring that the proposed changes in the House of Lords were intended tc gerrymander the Constitution in the interests of the Conservative Party.
Mr. Burtle (Labour), seconding the amendment, emphasised the fact that the Labour Party stood for Single Chamber Government. It would, however, rather have the honest stupidity of the hereditary peers than the enlightened cunning of ennobled industrialists.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. said the Tories wanted to remain in power after they were kicked out of office. They were beginning to see the end of their tether.
Sir William Joynson Hicks declined to outline the Government’s policy in the matter, but said it was determined to carry out its pledges. The debate ended without a division. -—(A. and N.Z.)
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Wairarapa Age, 17 February 1927, Page 5
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