BRITISH ELECTORAL REFORM
LORDS V. COMMONS
COMPROMISE SAVES THE BILL
(Rec. February 7, 8 p.m.)
London, February 6. The House of Lords considered the Commons' reasons for the latter's disagreement with the former on the franchise.
Earl Curzon said that the Government was prepared to accept the appointment of a commission to consider the question of proportional representation. The Government was anxious for an experiment in proportional representation, but could not become responsible for passing a measure distasteful to the Commons.
The Marquis of Lansdowne's amendment appointing commissioners to prepare a scheme by which one hundred members would be elected to the House of Commons upon the principle of proportional representation for British constituencies returning three or more members was carried. This scheme will be submitted to Parliament, and if approved will become law.
The House of Lords, by 74 votes to 33, struck out the amended version of the alternative vote, in order to prevent the loss of the Franchise Bill.
The House of Commons -agreed to the Lords' amendments,' and the session ended.
A new session will begin on February 12.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 121, 8 February 1918, Page 5
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