REPLY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
MOTION BY THE PRIME MINISTER.
BRIEF DEBATE BY ARRANGEMENT.
(Received December 2nd, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, December 2. Mr Asquith was received with loud Ministerialist cheers when he gave notice to move to-day:— "That the action of the House of Lords, in refusing to pass into law the financial provision made by the House of Commons for the service of the year is a breach of the Constitution arid a usurnation of the rights of the. Commons." . (Renewed cheers.) The prorogation takes place tomorrow. The Unionist leaders have resolved not to propose an amendment, but to give a direct vote against Mr Asquith's resolution. After Mr - Asquith's speech, Mr Austen Chamberlain will express the views, and Mr A. Henderson, the Labour Party's. The NationalI'ists will not participate in tho diviston Jon the resolution. It is generally agreed, irrespective *>f party, that in. a crisis of such gravity, prolonged discussion on a constitutional issue is out of place. Lord Lansdowne has received telograms ■■ from many Unionist Associations throughout the country promising support for the House of Lords.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13596, 3 December 1909, Page 7
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