BRITISH POLITICS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 133, 5 June 1907, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

PROGRAMME OF MEASURES.! BIG BH£S POSTPONED. I E&BIT MOTION AS TO THE . J LORDS. ' I (By Ca&le.—Press Association.—CopTrigit.} \\ -; 'Received 7.52 a.m.T : LONDON, June 4. ; I la the House of Commons Sir Henry I Campbell-Barmerman made an important i statement with regard to future legisla- . : tion. He said , the backwardness of the . j Government's bills was largely due to 11 the drafters having been obliged to at- . 'tend tae last autumn session. He an- • nouneed thai there -would be no autumn ; J session in 190 S. s The Irish Council and the Passive Ec- ; sisters' (Education) Bills, added the ■ Prime Minister, would be dropped, while •! a comprehensive Education Bill would be . introduced in 190 S. licensing reform ; would be the first measure in next year. . The Irish University Bill would be post- ■ poned. and the fate of the Miners' Eight • Hours and housing measures was doubt- •; f ul. I It was proposed to pass in 1907 the • ' Finance, Army Reform, English and Scot- ' tish Small Holdings, Criminal Appeal ! and Patents' Bills, as well as Scottish j Valuation, Evicted Tenants and Women. 'on Local Authorities' Bills. j Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman added that • the resolution dealing with the House of I Lords would be introduced during the j present month. j The Irish and the Nonconformists are ! disappointed at Sir Henry Campbellj Bannerman's announcement, and Mr I Ramsay Mi-cDonald bitterly complained ' ! that there was to be no autumn session. "The Daily News" (Liberal) thinks it good strategy to have prepared strong : measures for 190 S. with a view to fight- : i ing the House of Lords' veto. I "The Daily Chronicle ,, (liberal) j dwells on the prospect of" a dissolution ! after next session. ! "The Times" says that the congestion :in 1908 will be worse tnan now. j I (Received 8.43 a.m.) ,1 LONDON, June i. Interviews with the leading Noncon- ! formists show- great dissatisfaction with I j the dropping of Mr McKenna's EducaI tkm BilL A farther dropping- of bills lis expected. The discussion on the reso- ■ J lution relating to the House of Lords i j will occupy several sittings.