PATIENT PEERESSES
The peeresses of England are still patiently waiting outside the doors of the House of Lords (writes " Portia " in the Gentlewoman). You will all remember that Lady Rhoudda gallantly led the way by submitting her claim to sit in the Upper House to the Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords. The Committee found in her favour, but when it recently made its report, the case was, on the motion of the Lord Chancellor, referred back for reconsideration on the ground that only one side of the case had been heard, and that there were serious legal arguments against the admission of peeresses. So the decision still hangs in the balance, and the door of.tho Second Chamber is still discouragingly closed-
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 141, 17 June 1922, Page 14
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124PATIENT PEERESSES Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 141, 17 June 1922, Page 14
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